The beauty and effectiveness of desktop widgets.

Right on my Mac desktop, I can check my mouse battery (38% and dropping), see where my son Ian is (at work), get the latest weather update (hello, sunny Phoenix!), and even keep track of time with a ...

The March 2024 update to Windows 11 includes new features and a bunch of improvements to existing ones. The March 2024 update to Windows 11 includes new features and a bunch of improvements to ...

Update: Microsoft announced the updated widgets experience in the latest Beta build. The company also confirmed several bugs you will encounter after turning off the default news feed. You can finally ...

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 ...

Microsoft is also improving its widgets section in Windows 11 with the option to disable the feed of news. Microsoft is also improving its widgets section in Windows 11 with the option to disable the ...

Microsoft is testing Start Menu Companions on the latest Windows 11 beta build. These are apps that provide Adaptive Cards that will be displayed on the left or right of the Start Menu. These cards ...

If you do not mess with your Windows Update settings, your probably know that recent Windows 10 and 11 versions have lock screen widgets that display weather, traffic, sports, and other useful ...

Windows 11 has a couple of fresh changes which are hidden in preview builds, which a leaker has uncovered using ViVeTool. As anyone who follows Windows leaks will doubtless be unsurprised to learn, ...