What’s a widget? According to Widgipedia, “A widget is a small application that runs on your desktop or in a Web page. Widgets enrich your desktop or Web pages with functionary, useful information and ...

In that context, a few strategically placed widgets can make the desktop far more useful without making it feel cluttered.

The clipboard metaphor has been around since the first graphical user interface appeared on the personal computer. The idea is simple. You highlight any kind of data, be it text or graphical image and ...

iPhone widgets are used to quickly glance at information from frequently-used apps—here’s how to add them to both a lock screen and home screen, stack them and troubleshoot them. iPhone widgets ...

It seems clear that adding widgets in iOS 14 is easily the most unexpectedly hot new feature–probably since Apple added the ability to download third-party apps via the App Store in iOS 2. For the ...

This summer, when Apple detailed iOS 14 and the Home screen changes it would bring, the company highlighted personalization as one of the key features of the new widget-populated Home screen. Rather ...

Widgets have been a crucial Android feature for more than a decade, but they've lost a lot of their appeal and usefulness ...

With Windows 11, Microsoft has added some subtle improvements and new features to enhance the user experience. One of these new features is the addition of support for widgets. Users can access the ...

The key new feature in macOS Sonoma is the ability to add widgets to the Desktop. They’re no longer banished to the notification shade that slides opens when you click on the time in the menu bar. In ...

Internet has become such an indispensable resource that it’s truly hard to imagine how we ever got along without it. These days nearly any type of information is as close as a Web site or ...

In iOS 14, Apple made some dramatic changes to the Home Screen of iPhone and iPad. In particular, it introduced the concept of ‌Home Screen‌ widgets. Previously, use of widgets was limited to the ...