How to take control of iOS push notifications The iPhone and iPad use iOS to do many things, and do them well. There is one thing that iOS doesn't currently do well, though, and that is push alerts.

First introduced with iOS 3 in June 2009, push notifications have always fascinated me, if only because most developers appear to be incapable of using them properly. And it should be so simple.

If you’re a user of popular personal productivity service IFTTT (If This Then That) who also has an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, maybe you’ve wished that you could use iOS push notifications in your ...

Apple released the first beta of iOS 16.4 and included a feature that lets developers send notifications to web apps. Since the iPhone's creation, users could always add web apps to their devices by ...

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The iOS 16 Safari update builds on the Tab Groups feature introduced in iOS 16, plus it adds some much-needed quality of life improvements and security enhancements. This guide covers all of the new ...