Finding unknown apps installed on your iPhone is a worrying prospect. They might be harmless system applications that are critical for iOS to function, but they might also be malware that poses ...

Chrome is cracking down on notification spam with a smarter system that quietly removes permissions from sites you no longer ...

I bet we all have a love/hate relationship with notifications. They’ve become a necessary part of our digital lives, yet they can also be endlessly annoying and overwhelming if not controlled. While ...

IPhone users are handing over their personal data with a click of a button, new research finds. Popular apps like Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X are harvesting user information through ...

Apple in iOS 15 made some updates to notifications, improving how they look, how they're delivered to you, and the control that you have over them. This guide covers all of the changes that Apple made ...

A new app called Push it is sitting at the top of the App Store promising little more than the ability to send “push notifications to your friends.” The app features only two screenshots — one of a ...

Master the art of tailor-made alerts and never miss an important notification again You can set different notification sounds for calls, emails, messages, and each app on your Android phone. Changing ...

Next week, Apple is giving iPhone and iPad owners more control over when and how often some apps alert them. Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering mobile technology ...

Notifications have gotten out of control. What started as a necessary means to keep tabs on important updates from apps and services has spiraled into a tangled mess of spam and unnecessary alerts, by ...

Every smartphone has a built-in flashlight, but back in the day, many Android phones featured another hardware light: an LED that shined whenever you received a new notification or alert—a gentle ...

Sadly, many new smartphones come equipped with additional programs that you may not use, though you may never even notice it. These programs are known as bloatware and should be uninstalled to ...