Windows 7 users can change the size of text and icons using the Display control panel and can zoom in on text using a magnifier tool that can be activated in the Ease of Access control panel, which contains other options for making items on the computer easier to see.

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As suggested by a newly uncovered Apple patent, you would be able to manipulate and control graphical elements on your display, such as icons, media files, text and images.

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We all have various identities floating around out there, with their own avatars, icons and passwords, only partially under our own control.

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Like Apple's iOS software, Android also allows consumers to control devices with gestures on a touch screen, run apps and present information via arrays of icons.

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