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 ...

This tutorial demonstrates how to give users more power with the ability to customize live tiles in Metro style apps. In my last article, I explained how to send push notifications to a Windows 8 ...

After the Windows 8.1 Update, you may find that the Start Screen Tiles are behaving a bit differently. Apart from the several new features, the Update adds, the introduction of the context menu – ...

Sometimes, you may want to pin Windows Special folders as Tiles to the Windows 8 Start Screen. In this post, we will guide you through the process of doing it. As an example, we will take Control ...

Certain Metro tiles in Windows can show you live and updated information. Here's how to turn that feature on and off. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT ...

Devices are becoming much more of a lifestyle choice, and allowing users to customize their devices the way the want to is the hallmark of a mature platform. That’s why many users balked at Windows 8.

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 ...