Tag Archives: Notifications

Latest Chrome beta for Windows and Chrome OS brings richer notifications, coming soon to Mac and Linux

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It’s not quite ready for the stable release of the browser, but Chrome beta users can now get a taste of a new notification system that should be rolling out to everyone sooner or later. Currently limited to the Windows and Chrome OS versions of t…


Push notifications come to Chrome and Chrome OS with battery life as a focus

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The push notifications on our mobile devices aren’t just for convenience’s sake — they let apps stay idle and conserve precious battery life. That would explain why Google Cloud Messaging is now integrated with all versions of Chrome and Chrome O…


Apex Launcher 2.0 hits Google Play, puts notifications on app icons (Updated)

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Apex can honestly claim to be one of the more popular launchers on Android, with over a million installs and 44,000 ratings over at Google Play. The stock-like skin has just been updated to version 2.0, with the biggest addition being support for …


Pinterest revives classic features, revamps notifications and search

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When Pinterest unveiled its big redesign last month, it took the sort of gamble on feature trade-offs that we’ve seen before: some big leaps forward at the expense of a few leaps back. Much to the relief of many, the company is already doing what …


GNOME 3.6 arrives with new notifications and improved accessibility support

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The third update to the third version of Gnome may send numerologists to their calendars, but we’re not that way inclined. Instead, the latest bump to the software adds a new Boxes application, a new notification system and an activities overview. It’…


Mosoro releases its Bluetooth LE sensors and SDK for VIP appcessory developers

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Since we last heard about Mosoro’s Lego-brick sized Bluetooth LE modules, they’ve changed their names, picked up another member and are now making their way to iOS app developers. The 3D-Motion’s got an accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer, whil…


Wireless Sensor Tags alert you to movement and temperature changes, fit on your keyring

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There’s plenty of sensor gear around for hobbyists to play with, but not so many polished products for the monitoring-obsessed. Cao Gadgets is attempting to fill that niche with its functionally named Wireless Sensor Tags — small devices which monit…


Google+ adds a better ‘notification experience’ to your email, saves you a few clicks

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Google knows just how much you love to Hangout on its social network, thus it’s doing everything within its mighty power to make things a tad bit easier for you. This time around, the Mountain View crew’s bringing an improved Google+ notification exp…


Twitter app update brings improved discover, search and notifications to iOS and Android

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It’s not like there’s any shortage of alternatives, but those sticking with the ooh-ficial Twitter app on iOS and Android woke up to a rather pleasant update today. Briefly, the company’s promising improvements to discover, search and notifications, …


Google Play Music switches on labs features: HTML5 player, star ratings and notifications

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We’re so used to Google Labs features on commonly used services like mail and maps that we often forget they’re technically experimental and now Music has a few of its own. The new features available on the desktop version of its web player include to…