Open up the Windows 8 desktop mode and you'll notice a major change: The Start menu is gone. Without the familiar button at the lower left corner, many veteran Windows desktop users are lost in ...

Windows: We've discussed some great ways to bring the Start Menu back in Windows 8, but Pokki doesn't just offer a good-looking, feature-packed start menu replacement, it also offers its own app store ...

Pokki’s Windows 8 Start menu app has been refreshed with more features and more flexibility. Pokki provides unique Start menu to Windows 8 users who can’t quite live without one. The app blends in ...

SweetLabs Inc has just released a new version of Pokki, its ambitious Start Menu replacement and app framework. There are few visual changes -- and not even that many in total -- but the release does ...

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SweetLabs®, an app distribution company, today announced an agreement with Lenovo, the world's leading PC manufacturer, to preload SweetLabs' Pokki software on new Lenovo PCs ...

Microsoft kicked out the Start menu for Windows 8, but at least one app is proving that a lot of users still crave it. One of many Start menu replacements on the market, Pokki for Windows 8 registered ...

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Developer Sweetlabs has released a new version of its free Pokki program for Windows 8, which has optimized support for touch screens in its Start menu and apps, support for high-res displays and more ...

While Microsoft may have thought that it had overcome the negative reactions that accompanied Windows 8, the world’s top PC manufacturer isn’t necessarily convinced. Lenovo said Thursday that it will ...

Ever since Microsoft revealed that it will kill the classic Start menu in Windows 8, third-party developers have been cooking up ways to bring it back. SweetLabs, a San Diego-based start-up, is the ...

Windows users looking for something resembling the classic Start Menu that was stripped out of Windows 8 don’t have to look too far. Several apps that roughly recreate the Start Menu’s functionality ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Windows 8's touch-focused Metro interface has been met with quite a bit of resistance from longtime ...