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Editor's Pick With Windows 8, Microsoft favors tablets, touchscreens, and laptops with modern touchpads. Traditional desktops with a keyboard and mouse, on the other hand, have been left in the dust.
Microsoft is taking to task developers who are using the word 'Metro' in their app titles.
Hey Microsoft, this whole new-name-for-Metro thing? It's getting a little ridiculous. Just give us the new name already.
Just when we started getting used to the Metro name for Microsoft’s new design aesthetic, the software giant ended up backing away from the term to avoid a prolonged legal battle with its German partner Metro AG. Now it seems …
Editor's Pick After the slick mosaics of Metro, we were a bit surprised to see the new packaging for Windows 8. They're a little bit Pucci, a little bit Lisa Frank, and a little bit Windows 7.
After nearly two years of calling its design language "Metro," Microsoft has decided to get rid of the name, most likely because of a dispute with the German company Metro AG.
Editor's Pick
The new Windows 8 operating system shows a design sensibility and a clarity of purpose not often seen in a Microsoft product.
I’ve spent about a week with the “consumer preview” of Windows 8, which is available to the public …
The Xbox Metro dashboard has brought lots of shiny new features to the console, but many gamers are troubled by the amount of advertising appearing on there. Never ones to sit on problem, members of the gaming community have come …
A number of indie developers have expressed concerns about the updated Xbox dashboard, with some suggesting it is guilty of burying Xbox Live Indie Games.
Indie Games are no longer listed in the New Arrivals section of the Marketplace, nor …
Microsoft is apparently using some recent design innovations from Windows Phone 7 and Office in early test versions of Windows 8, including aspects of its mobile Metro user interface and Office’s Ribbon.
The news comes from a series of leaked …
Location-based game service Foursquare announced its first partnership ever with a news organization today, grabbing location-specific reviews and tips for users in Canada.
With the deal, the news chain will add content so people who follow Metro on Foursquare can …
