Wouldn’t you love to have this option in your Windows 8 Start screen? Last October I explained to how to shut down Windows 8—a subject you wouldn’t think would require its own how-to guide. And yet.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Update: Flipboard’s Windows 8.1 app is now live in the Windows store. Flipboard is expanding its reach and will now be available for Windows 8.1. Launching today, the magazine app comes with Live Tile ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is once again planning to alter the way its Start Screen works in ...

The Pictures app tile on Windows 8.1 Start Screen displays pictures, photographs or images. In this post, we will see how to disable live tile, display one specific photo or show only selected images ...