Is that a widget, or a Live Tile on your screen? Back in the early days of Windows Phone, Microsoft’s homescreen was basically just a grid of “flat” icons, but unlike Apple’s grid of “dimensional” icons, Microsoft’s could be updated to give you real-time information. If you had email, the Live Tile would tell you how many were waiting to be read. Apple’s email icon did too, but Microsoft carried that concept across every app. The tile for the clock app would tell you the time. The tile for the weather app would show you the weather. But it ...
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