A theme for Android turns the home screen and status bar into an approximation of the Windows 8 Metro UI. It is currently available for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 but may soon be coming to other ...

"Metro" is the term for apps running on Windows 8/ARM. But what does it mean in terms of design? The term "Metro style" is a little ambiguous, as it refers both to a Windows Runtime (WinRT) ...

Microsoft can't stop talking about its checkerboard-like Start Screen design in Windows 8. The Start Screen is part of the Metro user interface in Windows 8 that was showcased at Microsoft's Build ...

Sources at ZDNet say that Microsoft is permanently changing the name of its design language from “Metro” to “Windows 8.” Sources at ZDNet say that Microsoft is permanently changing the name of its ...

Microsoft has been calling its user interface for Windows Phone and Windows 8 the ‘Metro UI,’ and now Microsoft has told its developers to stop using the ‘Metro’ name in their apps. According to a ...

There’s a lot of buzz around Microsoft’s decision to change the name of its tile-based design in Windows 8. Ricky publishes and manages the content on BizTech magazine's website. He's a writer, ...

Windows 8’s modern interface didn’t go over so well out of the gate. While there was a lot to like among all the Live Tiles and touch friendliness, usability experts panned many of the operating ...

Microsoft’s Metro design interface has started spreading far, with the company implementing the fresh new look on most of its products and services in recent months, including Windows 8, and Xbox 360.

Anyone who has any experience with Microsoft's Metro UI whether through Windows Phone, or the highly Metro-esque updated dashboard for Xbox 360 will already have formed an accurate impression as to ...

Microsoft has announced that they will be launching a new Metro styled user interface later this summer for their web-based SkyDrive cloud storage service. Microsoft allowed the Verge technology ...