When it comes to tech fashions and trends, icons are at the forefront. From skeuomorphism to flat, icons have come a long way since Windows 3.1 and Susan Kare’s celebrated designs for the Apple ...

Your taskbar icons are trying to tell you something. Here’s what the most common ones—and their variations—really mean.

When you click on that red and white envelope icon to access your email, you don’t think “this is an envelope, which means mail.” Instead, your brain jumps immediately to “Gmail.” Good icons like ...