We use a third-party launcher in the tutorial above, but you can also use a shortcut maker app from the Google Play Store to theme individual icons if you're using your stock launcher.

Google just added a new feature, currently available on Chrome's dev channel for Windows, that launches Chrome apps outside the browser, from the Windows taskbar. Here's how it works.

Launcher is different – it lets you create one-touch shortcuts to a variety of apps and common actions, like placing a phone call, sending a text, viewing a website and more.

Chromebooks Get a New App Launcher With Chrome OS Update 100 The new, compact launcher has improved search and -- finally -- options to organize apps.

If you've never used an app launcher, now's the time to try one: they're faster and more powerful than any built-in search system, and they can do a lot more than just launch apps.

But it turns out there’s an app that was developed for the older NOOK Color tablet which will let you add shortcuts to apps to the NOOK Tablet home screen.

Google releases the Google App Engine Launcher for Windows, a graphical user interface for creating, running and deploying App Engine applications when developing on Windows.