Well, unlike a regular notification app sent by an app, push notifications follow a special protocol and need to pass through Apple and Google's servers before they appear on a person's phone.

Google today rolled out a new feature for Android users designed to keep their accounts more secure: notifications about newly added devices. That is, when a new device is added to your Google ...

Foreign governments are using the push notification data stored by Apple and Google for spying on the users, US Senator Ron Wyden has argued in a letter written to the Justice Department.

Push notifications, which allow you to receive alerts without having to manually open an application, are a big deal on mobile devices. They're important enough, in fact, that some startups have ...

Attention is the main prize of the internet. Everyone is fighting for it, and the phone is the prime battleground. The most potent of weapons in this war is the incessant, whining notification ...

However, getting users to open your notification to begin with at least brings them into the funnel. Push notifications are more effective when going down a funnel anyway.

Apple has changed its law enforcement guidelines to require a court order or search warrant in order to obtain push notification records.

The latest of these experiments to hit the Canary channel of Chrome for Android is a flag that could offer up push notifications for breaking news events. 'Breaking News Push' is described thus: ...