David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

One of Android’s strongest points are its notifications. Google has been doing a great job in that regard, and it’s still miles ahead of iOS. Well, if you’d like to bring your notifications game to a ...

Has there ever been something as simultaneously invaluable and irritating as our modern-day device notifications? All the beeps, bloops, and blorps our various gadgets send our way serve an important ...

We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. Phone notifications are getting out of hand — there’s no ...

Phone notifications are tricky to balance: too many of them, and you're constantly distracted by buzzes and pings. Too few of them, and you risk missing something important, from a relative in trouble ...