With Mac OS X Leopard, which was released in 2007, Apple added a feature called “Web Clip” to Dashboard. This allowed users to turn any part of a website into a live widget that could then be added to ...

In October, Apple revealed a redesign for iCloud.com, the company’s portal for its cloud-based services. Now out of its beta test period, the new design makes iCloud on the web a better destination ...

Apple also announced macOS Sonoma back at WWDC in June, along with updates to iOS, iPad OS and watchOS. But macOS, like usual, took a bit longer to come out. macOS Sonoma is finally available outside ...

Apple has made it remarkably easy to use an iPhone widget in macOS Sonoma, even if you have just the iOS app and not matching Mac one. It's easy, yet it's not obvious and the results are mixed. Here's ...

Android users who fire up their phones will be able to find a few new apps and widgets designed with productivity and ease of use in mind. In a blog post published Tuesday, Google described the new ...

One of the big changes in iOS 17 is support for interactive widgets, a major improvement compared to the initial version of widgets that debuted with iOS 14. In line with this, Apple has also added ...

Android used to let you place widgets on the lock screen, but this feature was killed off in Android 5.0 Lollipop. Code within the latest Android 14 QPR2 beta suggests that this feature might return ...

Widgets were supposed to make your iPhone more useful, but most end up just sitting there looking pretty. The good news? A handful of apps can finally make widgets worth your time. If you’ve ever ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - From tracking stock portfolios and mortgage rates to menstrual cycles and baby due dates, widgets are the latest Web wonder to hit desktops. Widgets, or shortcut links downloaded ...