MacRumours has "heard" that Apple might let iPhone users keep apps running in the background when not actively in use. Your 'Yes, and?' comments are not entirely unexpected, so let us explain why this ...

When you turn on your Windows PC, hundreds of processes run along with the programs in the background. As they are not ...

When Apple initially announced the iPhone SDK, there was much dismay over the lack of background process capabilities, which disallows third-party applications to, for instance, notify the user of ...

The latest Android 14 reports feature new information on the upcoming version of the system to power smartphones soon, and it will be to stop the process of "Speed Booster" apps on the platform. It ...

Back in March, when we first learned the details behind the upcoming iPhone SDK, I wrote about Apple’s decision to not allow background applications on the iPhone. As described in Apple’s Human ...

One of the nifty things about a computer is its ability to perform many tasks simultaneously–while a user is composing a word doc, that same computer might also be performing a database search, ...

Press Ctrl + Shift + ESC to launch the Task Manager Once done, go to the Process tab option and tap on the Ethernet or WiFi. Notice if it displays high network activity. Switch to the Processes tab, ...

For years there have been popular apps that claim to make Android phones faster, but actually just kill background processes en masse which does more harm than good. But with Android 14, Google is ...

As gadget users, we have all at one point experienced a really slow device. A perfectly good device can just suddenly feel slow. You click on an icon that should open in a split second and its taking ...