Widget Launcher, previously known as Windows Desktop Gadgets, is another simple app that allows you to add different widgets ...

It's instantly familiar and easy to customize. But did you know that the Plasma desktop offered widgets way before MacOS? And did you know that with the addition of a few of these widgets ...

I'm going to preface this piece by saying the choice of widgets is personal, and what might be useful to me might not be useful to you. Even so, there's a widget for everyone, and depending on the ...

Apps and widgets are now finally free to go wherever. So long as you stay to a grid pattern, you can now place app icons only in the bottom part of your screen, or just on the sides, or in a zig-zag.

They can seem purely optional—stuff to buy when you have money to burn. But don’t discount tech gadgets and accessories, especially if you’re often zigzagging across a college campus.