The Microsoft Surface 2 has two faces. One is the Metro or Modern UI screen filled with the colorful tiles. The others is the Desktop where Apps from the Microsoft Office 2013 suite run. With the ...

Microsoft has been tweaking the Start menu and Start screen in Windows 10 since it started building the new OS. How do you switch between and customize both in Windows 10? Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

Safari received some updates with iOS 15, including the ability to customize its start screen. This is the page that appears when you open Safari and have no other tabs open. On this screen, you have ...

When Windows 8 first debuted, the operating system received a ton of criticism for the things it did. Complaints included the replacement of the Start Menu with the Start Screen and a new design that ...

if you're bored with your home screen, I have good news for you. With iOS 18, you can finally personalize it however you'd like. You can now change the color of app icons and widgets (and even match ...

Safari 14 comes preinstalled with macOS Big Sur, and it will be available as a separate update for macOS Catalina later this year with new features and improvements. One of the most notable changes is ...

Windows: One of the biggest annoyances of the new Windows 8 Start Screen is that it takes you out of whatever you're doing. Start Screen Customizer can help soften the blow. The app allows you to set ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. One of the great customizations that Windows Phone 8.1 brings to the table is the ability to use ...

Windows 11’s new Start menu is more customizable than ever, but it now takes up nearly the entire screen, and the November ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

One of the trends which appear to be cropping up across some of the game industry's biggest franchises is creating a sort of umbrella approach to game accessibility, and it seems Call of Duty may be ...

It’s no secret that Windows 8 is unpopular. The same goes for Windows 8.1, a free update for the OS that was released back in April. While you can choose to avoid the Metro UI when using Windows 8, ...