alerts

These days, it hardly takes more than a few apps to crowd the notification shade on your Android phone. On average, an American receives 45 notifications every day on his smartphone to give you an idea. Yes, it’s a lot. And believe it or not,

It’s great to have your martphone inform you of weather conditions in the morning, on your way to work, or whenever necessary. However, when weather alerts become incessant, they can mess up your device’s notification or run down your pho

Smartphone push notifications haven’t evolved much since they first started to blossom on Android and later, iOS. You can get time-based and location-based rem

One thing I like about iOS is the instant notifications you get from every app. It doesn’t matter if the phone is in use or sleeping in your pocket, you will always get app notifications almost immediately. But the same is not the case for many And

One of the most impressive parts of Android L demos in Google I/O 2014 was the notifications overhaul. Everything from the design change in the notification drawer to lockscreen notifications was interesting. One change that stood out was the hea

Outlook 2013 can be customized to fit exactly to your needs, and assigning a specific notification sound to messages from a certain contact is a great way to do so. I’ve recently talked about using a signature in Outlook 2013, now it’s time

With two different smartphones in your pocket (I own both an Android and an iPhone), you can’t help but compare the features between the two.

Google Docs are a great way to share information with associates or anyone in general. Although sharing is great, another feature you should implement when two or more are working together is notifications for when changes are made. With Google Docs,

Facebook is so insanely popular that it’s difficult not to find tweaks and tricks for using it. But most of them focus on your using Facebook at that time. Today, we’d rather focus on something different.

In theory, LED notifications are pretty awesome. They are designed to make life easier by letting you know at glance if you have missed important notifications on your device. In reality, not all notifications are created equally.

In the past, we have discussed how convenient some of the most recently-added features of iOS can be. Assistive touch, notification center and others can help you, for example, navigate your iPhone even if its Home button doesn’t work or provide y

Here is a feature that for a lot of users might seem obvious, yet it is not supported by default on the iPhone: Setting your iPhone to alert you only when certain contacts call you, leaving all the rest silent.

Lately, Microsoft has made it a point that you register to a Microsoft or Outlook account if you are using any of its services or products. You are compelled to do that in the latest releases like Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, MS Office 2013, Office

If you read my previous post on how to sync game progress on Android , you’d know that I now own not one but two of these devices. One annoying problem I suffered from maintaining multiple devices is multiple notifications. Each time I got a new

One of those annoying things about Windows is that it keeps checking for updates with Microsoft. Don’t get me wrong, updating Windows is extremely important and every user should do it regularly. But the way Windows Update reminder system works c

With iOS 6 a series of new features became available that were not as easily accessible in previous versions of the operating system. One of these features that is both convenient and original is the ability to create custom vibration alerts . In th

Ever since iOS 5, Apple greatly improved notifications on the iPhone by releasing Notification Center, a sort of hub where all notifications converge to provide users with a screen where they can easily see what is going on on t

While talking about Windows 8 metered connection and the all-new notifications, I mentioned how the Start Screen Windows Live Tiles can help a user see snippets of important information even without opening the application. However, many a times, whe

Notifications in Windows 7 was limited to few UAC pop-ups and apps running in the system tray. But now in Windows 8, as the operating system is optimized for tablets and portable devices, decent and helpful notifications have become necessary than ev

If I had not left the eye candy world of HTC Sense with all the custom themes and patches and installed basic Jelly Bean ROM on my device, I would have never realized how basic the looks of Android were.