Live Tiles are images that update a pinned tile (icon) on the start screen of Windows Phone. They're used to offer updates to a user browsing the start screen, without having to open the application ...

When you start Windows 8, you are first taken to the Start Screen where you get to see a lot of Apps in the form of tiles. And these tiles are arranged randomly by default. And new tiles get added ...

The Windows Start Screen apps are organized into groups of tiles. These tiles can be moved to other groups or even to a blank space where they will create a new group. It is also possible to name a ...

The tiles pinned to the start screen are icons that you can use these to gather all the information you need with one simple glance and they all fit neatly together on the start screen without the ...

The Windows 8 Start Screen displays a set number of tiles, arranged in rows. If you want to increase or decrease the number of rows of app tiles that are displayed on your Start screen, this article ...

The Windows 8 Start screen is designed to make it so that you can easily resize and move tiles as well as make new tile groups. This allows you to organize the interface in a way that works best for ...

Walter Bott asked how he could better control Windows 8’s built-in Photo app–the one that usually presents a small slide show in its Start page tile. I’ve discussed this app briefly before, in How to ...

Today, we're kicking off a new series that will run over the next handful of weeks that we're calling "Windows Unshipped" that will explore Windows OS features and ideas that never saw the light of ...