Mobile web notifications are blurring the line between apps and the mobile browser. For publishers without apps, mobile web push is a way to interact with people in an app-like fashion. And publishers ...
According to Gizmodo's report earlier this week, several iPhone users are complaining about the ads appearing in their push notifications. From some screenshots on Twitter, the advertisements feature ...
Yet another headache is in store for iPhone app developers, courtesy of Apple. Over the past few weeks, reports have spread of the iOS 17.4 beta 2 removing progressive web apps (PWAs) and the ability ...
A new app called Push it is sitting at the top of the App Store promising little more than the ability to send “push notifications to your friends.” The app features only two screenshots — one of a ...
App push notifications reached their highest average open rate in four years in March as consumers were more engaged with their mobile devices during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study ...
As noted by Michelle Grant (via TechCrunch), the Uber app is now sending users unrelated advertisements via push notifications. In one of the examples shown by Grant, Uber sent a notification to ...
Numerous iOS apps are using background processes triggered by push notifications to collect user data about devices, potentially allowing the creation of fingerprinting profiles used for tracking.
After spending three years in stealth mode bringing publishers to its push notifications platform, Push.io is emerging from the shadows today and announcing that it will open its push platform to any ...
Apple iOS 16.4 and iPadOS 16.4 are gearing up to bring Safari web app push notifications to iPhones and iPads. The Cupertino-based tech giant first mentioned such a feature when it introduced the iOS ...
You aren’t the only one annoyed by incessant push notifications on your phone, from random clothing sales to “breaking” news that is barely news at all. According to a new survey, the number one ...
Any time a company sends a push notification to an iPhone, its application can gather information about the user, including their location, according to security researchers. Meta and TikTok ...
Throughout her tenure as CEO, Marissa Mayer insisted that Yahoo would be able to win by playing to its strengths. By focusing on a few of its “core” areas, like email and news, the thinking went, ...