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Practical project: Custom tiles for your homescreen

As part of our practical project series, we’re turning our Nokia Lumia smartphones into really useful tools for productivity and fun. Whether its adding a QR code to your lock screen to eliminate business cards, or making the live tiles on your homescreen to be just how you want them. That’s what we’re talking about this week. For the most part, Live Tiles are controlled by the app they belong to which leaves very little room when it comes to customisation. The Live Tile is how the developers created it. While this is perfect for most apps, sometimes you want a tile that does a very specific function. Quick Tiles is downloadable from the Windows Phone Marketplace and costs just 79 pence. I’ve tested it out on my Nokia Lumia 800 and created a number of Live Tiles just the way I want them. First up, I have a very important event happening next year; I’m getting married. And, just so I don’t forget the occasion (the future Mrs Fraser would be very displeased) I’ve created a countdown til...