The Windows 8 Start Screen contains tiles that allow you to launch an associated app. These tiles also have the ability to display notifications containing new information from that particular tiles ...

If you are looking for a way to pin your favorite website’s shortcut or tile to the Windows 8.1 Start Screen, this post will show you how to do it for Internet Explorer 11. Things were easier on ...

Hey Windows users, if you are looking for a quick way to connect to GeekWire’s latest news, check out our new live tile for Windows 8.1. If you are using Windows 8.1/IE 11, when you visit “pin to ...

Arranging all the tiles on the Windows start screen to meet your specific requirements can become a tedious task. Imagine a situation where you arrange all the tiles and someone rearranges or deletes ...

Windows 8 is not always great at generating Start tiles for installed software. OblyTile is a small program that generates better-looking tiles and automatically installs them on your Start page. One ...

You can add one in the form of a live tile, but it's a little tricky. Here's how! Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

Late last month, Microsoft announced a raft of interface changes that Windows 8.1 would introduce. We’ve been giving them a spin. As you might guess from the name, Windows 8.1 is an update to (and ...