Interactive Live Tiles have been suggested by Microsoft fans since the very first unveiling of Windows Phone 7, back in 2011. They have been integral to many community-made concept videos designed to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A replacement for Live Tiles seems to be on the way. A replacement for Live Tiles seems to be on the way. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, ...

Windows Phone 7 is slated to receive more than 500 updates when Mango arrives this fall. Among those will be a handful of improvements to the Live Tiles system, which powers the quadrilateral icons on ...