Take the neat row of icons stacked at the bottom of your Mac screen. Before 1984, these little icons simply did not exist. Then came graphic designer Susan Kare , who created Macintosh’s very ...

The Apple Macintosh was the first consumer-level computer to include the advanced black-and-white graphical interface and a mouse for positioning the cursor on the screen. 1984: Multitouch.

One of the oddest features in the new Kindle Fire tablets is decidedly retro: a button that summons a human tech support representative on your screen. When you press the Mayday button on a Kindle ...

You can even add a custom message and a new avatar icon to your Mac computer's lock screen. This can be handy, especially if you live or work in a place where multiple people use the same kind of Mac.