Items tagged with notifications

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Apr 04, 2019

Here's Microsoft’s Explanation For Bogus Windows 10 Popups That Freaked Out Users

At the start of the week, we reported on some rather odd notifications that many Windows 10 users were receiving through the Microsoft News app. The popup notifications all referenced “My Movie” and included text like “this is a test notification” and “this test notification.” The misspelling on the latter... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Sun, Mar 31, 2019

Windows 10 Users Are Reporting Weird Test Notifications That Smell Of A Security Issue

Microsoft hasn’t exactly had good luck lately with its Windows 10 operating system. Microsoft was especially shown in a negative light when the Windows 10 October 2018 Update introduced a number of critical faults that made the company take the extreme measure of pulling the update from its servers. Now, we’re... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Aug 09, 2017

Apple’s iPhone 8 Might Silence Notifications When You Look At Its OLED Display

It has often been rumored that the iPhone 8 will ship with a front-facing 3D sensor to replace the Touch ID button, which would bring facial recognition to Apple's next flagship handset. However, that is not the only thing the 3D sensor could be used for. While digging around some source code, a Twitter user found... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Thu, May 19, 2016

Microsoft Cortana For Android Adds Notification Mirroring To Windows 10

It appears that Microsoft is looking to bring tighter integration between its Cortana digital assistant and Google's massively popular Android platform. Specifically, it appears Microsoft is adding Windows 10 notification mirroring to Cortana on Android, as some users have already reported noticing the feature. One... Read more...