Nokia has run an advert on prime time UK TV that teases the upcoming Lumia, set to be unveiled on May 14th in London. The advert shows a bulging camera - will it have the 808 PureView's camera? More...
Arturo Toledo, the former Senior User Experience Designer for Windows Phone, has offered his thoughts on the evolving Modern (Metro) UI design that is in place in the Windows Phone WP8 beta. More...
Images of Windows 8.1 build 9385 have today leaked to the internet. The build is expected to include numerous bug fixes and the possibility of the returned Start button evident in code. More...
Microsoft will be releasing updates for its Bing apps on Windows 8 and RT. These updates bring new features and bug fixes to the Bing News, Travel, Sports, Finance and Maps applications. More...
Mozilla will launch an update for its standard Firefox "Nightly" version that will add support for the Metro UI, several months after Mozilla launched its first Windows 8 Metro version of the browser. More...
This smart tool brings back both the start button and Windows Start Menu and offers the option to skip Metro start page, allowing users who only work on desktop to boot to Windows 8 desktop directly. More...
We chat with "BoneyardBrew" a long time Neowin forum member who has launched a new version of his popular Steam skin that makes the download client look like the Windows 8 "Metro" interface. More...
Stardock Start8 lets you return the Start Button to Windows 8. Microsoft Windows 8 is shipped without the “Start” menu. Start8 brings back Windows 7-style Start menu with Windows 8 enhancements. More...
Yahoo is testing out a new home page redesign that looks a lot like the "Metro" titles found on Windows 8, right now to the arrows that let uses move the tiles left and right. More...
Stardock Start8 lets you return the Start Button to Windows 8. Microsoft Windows 8 is shipped without the “Start” menu. Start8 brings back Windows 7-style Start menu with Windows 8 enhancements. More...
This smart tool brings back both the start button and Windows Start Menu and offers the option to skip Metro start page, allowing users who only work on desktop to boot to Windows 8 desktop directly. More...
The schedule of events for Microsoft's BUILD 2012 conference this week would suggest that the Microsoft Design Language is the new term for the design style in Windows 8 formerly known as "Metro." More...
This smart tool brings back both the start button and Windows Start Menu and offers the option to skip Metro start page, allowing users who only work on desktop to boot to Windows 8 desktop directly. More...
If you have Windows 8 installed, it may be worth checking out the Windows Store as reports are coming in that the Skype download is now live for some folks but not everyone seems to have active links. More...
Another term has been uncovered that describes The Design Language Formerly Known As Metro... but could "Microsoft design style" be the final choice of nomenclature for the company's visual identity? More...
Power8 is a replacement Start menu tool that has a neat a compact look. While it has been primarily designed for disillusioned Windows 8 users, there is no reason that it cannot be used in other More...
Last week, Microsoft confirmed that Windows 8's built in applications would receive a major update, and today they've released some of those applications to the public. More...
This smart tool brings back both the start button and Windows Start Menu and offers the option to skip Metro start page, allowing users who only work on desktop to boot to Windows 8 desktop directly. More...
One of Mozilla's programmers has shared more information on what's contained in the recently launched first public version of the Firefox web browser for Windows 8. More...
One of the people involved in the recent redesign of the Microsoft.com website posted up an article where he talks about how he and the website team created its new look. More...
Mozilla has released Firefox 18.0a1, and while normally this wouldn't be too exciting, this time around the nightly version includes a Modern UI version of Firefox, which we went hands-on with briefly More...
A beta version of the Skype.com website is showing up for some visitors, showing off a new Modern UI inspired design for the official website of the Internet VoIP service. More...
Following on from Outlook.com getting a Modern UI flavour during the summer months, Microsoft are going all in, taking their redesigned Microsoft.com out of preview and making it live. More...
A new and extensive article on Windows 8 and Microsoft's design choices for the upcoming operating system reveals that the first mockup for Windows 8 was called "Pocahontas". More...
Despite an official memo several weeks ago that tells the company to stop using the "Metro" brand for Windows 8 apps, Microsoft continues to use Metro in new online documents. More...
The signals coming out of Microsoft only suggest that you should never, ever use "Metro" to describe the new UI within Windows or your apps, but what is the official name then? One member takes a look More...
If you liked the image we posted yesterday of Skype for Metro, you are going to love our hands on with the new application. Make the jump to see more images and our first impressions More...
We all knew that it was coming but Neowin has been sent images from what we are told is Skype for the Modern UI. Make the jump to see some of the first images for the Modern UI platform. More...
Microsoft isn't banning the use of the word "Metro" in the titles of Windows 8 apps sold on the Windows Store after all, as a note with that restriction has now been removed from Microsoft's site. More...
According to a statement from Microsoft, the company will not certify any Windows 8 apps for posting in its Windows Store that has the word "Metro" in its title. More...
A couple of Neowin members have created some concepts for how the "Metro" (now "modern) UI could be used in the File Explorer feature for Microsoft's Windows 8. More...
An email sent to one of our readers may indicated that Microsoft has already started using the "modern" branding to talk about the UI previously known as "Metro". More...
Microsoft references to the interface previously known as Metro on its websites appear to refer to the interface as "Modern" instead of the previously reported "Windows 8 style." More...
Microsoft has decided on a new name for Metro and they have carefully selected the name, Windows 8. While we wish we could make this up, make the jump to learn more about the new naming convention. More...
Despite reports that the Metro branding is being dropped, Microsoft is still using Metro to describe the UI of Windows 8 apps in a new development blog post concerning Windows Runtime. More...
Microsoft has made a subtle, but substantial change to Windows 8 between the previews and RTM and that change will no longer allow you to boot to the desktop environment according to new information. More...
Just when we thought we had Microsoft's new marketing strategy figured out, it turns out that not only is Metro not going to be called Metro, but their new 'logo' isn't really a logo at all. More...
Despite just learning earlier today that Microsoft would stop referring to its relatively new design language as "Metro," it appears a rebranding will come later this week, according to a leaked memo. More...
Information from sources inside Microsoft seems to indicate that the company is attempting to reduce the usage of the word 'Metro', which has become synonymous with their modern design. More...
Microsoft has just launched Outlook.com which is an entirely new email service from Microsoft. We have had some time to play with the new service and have everything you need to know after the break. More...
As the RTM draws nearer, the leaks continue to ...er, leak across the web. This time a Chinese website has posted up a few changes to the Start screen settings which appear to allow images now. More...
In a recent blog post, Microsoft goes over how Windows 8 Metro app developers can use HTML controls to help create better looking apps, including the <button> control. More...
Microsoft failed to include a Metro styled file manager app with Windows 8, so one of our members has gone ahead and created one from scratch. If you love Metro, you'll absolutely love this! More...
Not everyone was pleased with the screenshots that showed the new desktop theme that will be shipped with Windows 8 when it becomes available later this year, a member set out to show what can be done More...
The Windows Store in Windows 8 now has 400 apps to download for users of the Windows 8 Release Preview, about three months ahead of its official launch. More...
eBay has launched its official Windows 8 Metro app via the Windows Store, letting Release Preview users find listings of eBay's online auctions along with more features. More...
In a new post on the official Windows 8 blog, Microsoft talks about how it has improved the printing features in the next version of the Windows operating system, along with printing with Windows RT. More...
In a new Windows 8 app developer blog, Microsoft offers software creators some help on how to use files located on a user's PC to create galleries for their Windows 8 apps. More...
A new version of the login page for Microsoft Account services has started appearing, which shows a new Metro-like design and deletes references to the old Windows Live ID label. More...
In a new blog post, Microsoft offers some more details on how Windows 8 Metro app developers can set prices for their creations to sell in the Windows Store feature. More...