Push Notifications

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Twitter Adding Push Notifications To Its iPhone App

6:30PM September 3, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

Twitter is currently in the final stages of testing push notifications in its iPhone app, pending a full activation of the feature in the next iOS release. According to TechCrunch, users with iOS 4.1 and its updated Twitter client will be able to enable the feature, bringing them closer still to the dream of full integration with the online hive mind. [TechCrunch] More »


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Google Mobile App Adds Push Notifications For iPhone

3:42AM August 24, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Gmail and Google Calendar notifications, pushed to your iPhone home screen? Yes please. This might be enough to lure me away from the iPhone’s native mail app. More »


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In Defence Of No Multitasking: Microsoft Edition

9:44AM March 17, 2010 | John Herrman

Windows Phone 7 won’t have full multitasking for third-party apps, which, given Windows Mobile’s multitasking past, took people off guard. Here’s how Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie answers for this. Warning: The rationalisations might sound a little familiar. More »


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Push Google Voice SMS, Twitter Messages To iPhone Without Growl

2:00AM September 3, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

While Prowl’s designed for push notifications from a computer running Growl—opening up a world of possibilitiesGVMax and Prey Fetcher push Google Voice SMS and Twitter messages via the web, without your computer running Growl 24/7. More »


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Giz Explains: What’s This Push Business?

5:20AM August 7, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Push. It’s not just a verb that sends people careening down a flight of stairs. It’s also not just for guys in suits diddling on BlackBerrys. You hear it featured on new iPhone apps every week. So, what is it? More »


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ITweetReply: The First Real Push Twitter App For IPhone

6:40AM July 11, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

iTwitter had push notifications for mentions and direct messages, but only from other iTwitter users. iTweetReply supposedly works for any mentions or DMs. Not the prettiest or most feature-packed, it’s $US2 if you’re dying for Twitter push. [iTunes]


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ITwitter: The First IPhone Twitter App With Push, Sorta

5:40AM July 8, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Beating established Twitter apps like Tweetie to the punch (push?), iTwitter is the first one to deliver push notifications. But push only works if the person @replying or DMing you is using iTwitter too. It’s free, though. [ReadWriteWeb] More »


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Push Gmail For The iPhone, Finally (It’s Not What You Think)

11:50PM July 7, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

My biggest disappointment with iPhone 3.0 is there’s still no push Gmail. (Probably due some to contractual BS, but whatever.) GPush is a 99-cent app that almost fixes it by sending you push notifications whenever you get a new message. More »


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Prowl Pushes Growl Notifications To Your IPhone

2:04PM July 7, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Best non-IM use of iPhone 3.0′s push notifications yet: Prowl is a $US3 app that pushes Growl notifications from your Mac to your phone. Growl‘s a global notifier that plugs into everything from BitTorrent apps to iTunes to Mail. More »


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IPhone AIM App With Push Notifications Is Live

10:58AM June 23, 2009 | Jason Chen

There are two versions of the AIM app in the App Store right now. The free one, with ads, and the $US2.99 one, with no ads. They both have push notifications. More »