Microsoft has been slapped with a patent infringement lawsuit over its use of dynamic “live” tile icons in Windows, including in the newly launched Windows 8 OS for PCs and tablets and in the Windows ...

The latest Windows 11 Canary build 26212 has quietly introduced support for what is being called “Start Menu Companions.” These are small widget-like apps designed to appear alongside your pinned apps ...

Windows 11 may get a slightly detached “Floating Widgets” panel, perhaps reintroducing Live Tiles in a different avatar. The experimental feature is present in the latest test versions of Windows 11 ...

When I asked y’all last week if you would miss Windows 10’s Live Tiles if Microsoft decided to do away with them in a future release, more than 60-percent of you said you would not. But it turns out ...

Live Tiles disappeared from Windows years ago, but a former Microsoft engineer is bringing the concept back to life in a new email client. Jeff Fritz, who left Microsoft in mid-July, has confirmed ...

Microsoft just launched Windows 8 last week and it’s already getting sued over Live Tiles by an OS development company called Surfcast. Surfcast claims that it already owns the rights to technology ...