Neowin News Feed for: Icons

Microsoft redesigned Office icons, here are the rejected variants

Taras Buria — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:24:01 +0000

Microsoft recently announced a big redesign for Office icons, and now, the company has shared some of the variants that did not make it to the final version. Read more...

Office apps are getting new icons as Microsoft reveals another redesign

Taras Buria — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:00:27 +0000

Microsoft has a bunch of interesting Microsoft 365 announcements today, and one of them is a fresh set of redesigned Office icons. Read more...

Microsoft is testing redesigned Office icons, and you can already download them

Taras Buria — Sun, 18 May 2025 21:56:01 +0000

Microsoft recently asked users for feedback about a set of redesigned Office icons, and thanks to a Reddit user, you can already download and use them. Read more...

Google is giving its 'G' icon a fresh look for the first time in 10 years

David Uzondu — Mon, 12 May 2025 18:20:01 +0000

Users have spotted a new logo Google is testing for its iconic "G," marking the first update to the lettermark in years. Read more...

Microsoft is once again redesigning Office icons, and it wants to know what you think

Taras Buria — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:04:01 +0000

Microsoft is cooking a fresh set of icons for its Office apps, but it wants to know your opinion on them first. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.2.8

Razvan Serea — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:52:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Samsung One UI 7 tipped to bring radical design changes for Galaxy phones

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 06:06:01 +0000

A fresh tip suggests that the upcoming Android 15-based One UI 7 update could be Samsung's most changed version in the history of One UI, and is expected to bring some radical changes. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.2.5

Razvan Serea — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:44:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.2.4

Razvan Serea — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 04:56:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.2.3

Razvan Serea — Sun, 15 Oct 2023 16:16:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.2.1

Razvan Serea — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 10:32:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

How to quickly locate a specific desktop icon

Adam Bottjen — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:00:01 +0000

If you have so many icons on your desktop that you are unable to find what you are looking for here is an easy way to locate stuff. Join us today in this week's Tech Tip Tuesday to find out how. Read more...

5 smaller features I like in Windows 11

Usama Jawad — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 17:16:05 +0000

Like every other OS, Windows 11 has its pros and cons. However, people tend to focus more on the negatives than the positives, so we have penned our thoughts on some smaller features that we like. Read more...

Microsoft highlights the UI changes coming in Visual Studio 2022, including new icons

Usama Jawad — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has highlighted the UI changes coming to Visual Studio 2022, including new iconography, fonts, improvement to dark theme, color contrast adjustments, accent color modifications, and more. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: New Windows 10 icons, Edge themes, and the Xbox network

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 12:06:01 +0000

The week that's just gone by has brought with it news of refreshed Windows 10 icons, new Edge themes, an Xbox Live renaming, and more. Be sure to catch up on all that via our handy overview. Read more...

Microsoft unveils new Fluent icons for its Edge browser

Rich Woods — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:44:01 +0000

Today, Microsoft announced its plans for Fluent iconography in its Edge browser. It's the first of two phases to introduce the new design system, which was previously based on MDL2. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.1.8

Razvan Serea — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:46:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Microsoft provides more insight into the new Windows 10 icons

Abhay V — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 10:02:01 +0000

Microsoft began rolling out new app icons to Windows Insiders yesterday. The company provided more information on the design refresh in a blog post. The new icons bring consistency across platforms. Read more...

Windows 10's colorful app icons are finally showing up for Insiders

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:28:01 +0000

Microsoft is rolling out some app updates for Insiders in the Fast ring, and they finally include the new colorful icons that have been discovered, but hidden, over the past few months. Read more...

Microsoft unveils more new colorful icons, shows off new Windows 10 logo

Rich Woods — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:58:01 +0000

Today, Microsoft posted another blog post about its new icons, unveiling even more Fluent Design-inspired, colorful images. There are new icons for Tips, Messaging, Notepad, and even Windows. Read more...

New icons leak for Windows 10X variants of Maps, People, and Alarms

Florin Bodnarescu — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 22:58:01 +0000

Although a reasonably frequent occurrence, it's no doubt interesting to see new Windows 10 appearing. This time, it's the ones for People, Alarms, and Maps that have leaked, complete with gradients. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Gearing up for launch, moving Cortana, and updating services

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 09:48:01 +0000

The past seven days have seen the avid preparations for the launch of The Coalition's latest Gears of War title, the arrival of a couple of new Insider builds, and more. Be sure to catch up below. Read more...

More app icons for Windows 10 finally show more than blue

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:26:01 +0000

As Microsoft continues its work to unify the design language for most of its app icons, more of the resulting designs continue to emerge. These include icons for Movies & TV and Groove Music. Read more...

Microsoft brings its new Skype icon to Android and iOS

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 23:34:01 +0000

Following redesigns for many of the company's Office properties, Microsoft is also revamping the iconography for Skype. The new design is now available for both the iOS and the Android app. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: 1903 for everyone, many a game in the cloud, and changing icons

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 26 May 2019 13:18:01 +0000

Windows 10's May 2019 Update finally began its rollout this week. In addition, a few apps had their icons changed, and Project xCloud currently supports 3,500 titles. Catch up via the guide below. Read more...

Get your Excel out of my Visual Studio: tweaked VS Code icons now in preview

Florin Bodnarescu — Sat, 25 May 2019 19:48:01 +0000

Those using Visual Studio Code should be getting a brand new icon soon. The tweak has been made to both the Insider and Stable icons, which will be identical across all three platforms. Read more...

Google Play Store moving to app icon standardisation

Paul Hill — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 05:50:01 +0000

Google has released new specifications for app icons being used on the Google Play Store. It hopes that it can bring more uniformity to the Google Play Store to improve the experience. Read more...

Microsoft starts populating Office 365 website with new icons

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:50:01 +0000

After showing off newly redesigned icons for its Office suite late last year, Microsoft has finally started populating its platforms with the new look, starting with the Office 365 website. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.1.7

Razvan Serea — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 15:56:05 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.1.4 [Update]

Razvan Serea — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 21:04:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.1.1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 07:52:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 5.0.42

Razvan Serea — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:52:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 4.7.34

Razvan Serea — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 10:50:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 4.6.32

Razvan Serea — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 15:02:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 4.5.28

Razvan Serea — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 23:02:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 4.4.26

Razvan Serea — Thu, 06 Oct 2016 06:52:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 4.3.20

Razvan Serea — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 08:36:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Resource Hacker 4.2

Razvan Serea — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 06:34:01 +0000

View, modify, add, rename and delete resources in Windows executables and resource files. Incorporates an internal resource compiler and decompiler. Read more...

Microsoft's testing new OneDrive.com interface, new icons and more polish

Brad Sams — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:50:01 +0000

Microsoft is in the process of updating the online design for OneDrive and with it comes a cleaner layout and new folder icons; it appears Microsoft is testing this UI as not all users have it yet. Read more...

Windows 10 build 10125 has leaked online

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 25 May 2015 07:04:01 +0000

A new version of the Insider Preview of Windows 10 has now leaked online. It doesn't feature any new major changes but it does come with an updated set of icons and some UI polish. Read more...