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Managing Notification Center annoyances

Brian April 11, 2013 0

Reminders is either one of the most useful apps in OS X 10.8 or one of the most annoying, depending on who you talk to. I use Reminders on my

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Gmail push notification no longer works with Mail on new iOS devices

Brian March 26, 2013 0

Google’s Gmail has provided push notification to iOS users through Mail.app for years, but an announced change has taken effect that will leave users with new devices without push notification

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Facebook testing iOS notification that bugs you to update your status

Brian March 21, 2013 0

In a stellar example of how annoying push notifications can be if misused by app developers, social media giant Facebook is testing a push notification on its iOS app that

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Mac Hacks: Change your default Notification Center sound

Brian March 4, 2013 0

It’s bad enough that a billion iOS devices all start chiming at me whenever I receive a notification. The OS X notification center plays that awful sound — Basso, whenever

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Mac 101: Temporarily disabling Notification Center

Brian February 8, 2013 0

One gripe I hear a lot from OS X Mountain Lion users is that they sometimes get notifications bothering them at the most inopportune times. I know that when I’m

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Foursquare App Gets Improved Check-In Notification Settings

Brian February 6, 2013 0

Foursquare has released an update to their iOS app that brings improved check-in notification settings. iClarified – Apple News

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AppleScripting Notification Center > Scheduling Do Not Disturb

Brian February 4, 2013 0

Mountain Lion’s Notification Center is great for keeping you in the loop, but it can be a huge distraction when you need to get stuff done. Sometimes, a little peace

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How to quickly dismiss notifications in iOS 5 using an iPhone 4S

How to quickly dismiss notifications in iOS 5 using an iPhone 4S

Brian November 14, 2011 1

With iOS 5 came a new way to customize the way your device would notify you. With the new banners option, a new obtrusive notification was born but unfortunately sometimes

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Apple may buy App Remix to fix iOS notification system. CEO states “No Comment”.

Brian February 11, 2011 0

There has been rumblings today that Apple may be purchasing the company App Remix to help fix the iOS notification problem. They are creators of the app Boxcar which provides

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Apple, we love you but iOS needs a new notification system.

Apple, we love you but iOS needs a new notification system.

Brian January 25, 2011 0

A common complaint of iOS users is it’s lack of a good notification system. I’m not talking about push notifications. Those seems ok for what they do but I mean

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