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Huawei has seemingly started pushing lock screen ads on its smartphones, as some Redditors recently discovered. The ads can be circumvented by turning off the Magazine mode for lock screen wallpapers.

If you have installed an app via the Play Store and found that it also placed ads on your lockscreen, fear not! Google has updated their developer Play Store guidelines to ban the scum doing it!

Microsoft has released a #TileArt app for Windows Phone devices which allows users to customize their tiles with different images. Additionally, Microsoft has also announced an associated competition.

Microsoft has updated its Tetra Lockscreen app with a plethora of bug fixes and new features. Despite being available in the US only, it can still be downloaded on all WP8.1 devices except Lumia 1520.

With the latest leak of Windows 8.1, a setting was found to allow for applications to display alarms on the lock screen but was non-functional, until now; make the jump to see the alarms in action.

First, there was no mention of it. Then it emerged that all Kindle Fires would have mandatory ads. Then Amazon said you could opt out. Then they said you can't. Now, they say you can...for a $15 fee.

Windows 8 is shaping up to be a the most customizable version of Windows ever. We take a look at the default lock screen wallpapers that are included within Windows 8 out of the box.

Only three days after Windows 8 build 7955 officially leaked on a private FTP server, and slipped onto public filesharing websites, hackers have uncovered even more windows 8 secrets. Although this may not be surprising at...

If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, Google should take Apple's reported attempts at a gesture-based lock screen as a compliment. An internal source at Apple has provided 9to5mac with screenshots that apparently show...