The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is out this week, and it offers an interesting mobile feature aimed not at Windows Phone, but at Android: mirrored Android notifications. The idea is that when a ...

In Windows 11/10, Windows Backup notifies end-users to configure Windows Backup. Notifications like Backup in progress can appear in the Action Center after seven days without configuring Windows ...

Notifications in Windows 10 can be a great tool, like flashing quick social updates, work-related messages, email alerts, reminders, and more. But they can be a pain as well, popping up during video ...

When you’re tapping away at the computer it’s quite a nuisance to stop what you’re doing for the buzzing, ringing nag of a smartphone that’s on your desk. Each vibration or bing usually means another ...

Do you dislike too many notifications on your Windows 10 computer? Some of them are important, but most of them are not required. Windows 10 introduced this concept ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

It’s something we’ve wanted for a while—a single, unified place for all Windows notifications. If the latest leaked video of Windows 9 is any indication, it looks like we’ll finally get our wish. The ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft has previously admitted it “ran out of time” on a Windows ...