I was born in 1995, so my first smartphone was a BlackBerry Pearl, which had a physical keyboard. (Remember those?) I grew up at a time when social media was first starting to make waves, but not ...

I have made a few key changes to my devices to establish a "pull" relationship with technology so that I can take action on things on my terms. This is in contrast to the default "push" relationship ...

People really like their iPhones. But I think everyone can agree that we all get way too many notifications. Notifications are everywhere. If you install any app (ANY APP) on your phone, it is going ...

It never used to bother me when emails came rolling in after hours. For one thing, it comes with the job when you work in media; they mean it when they say the news cycle never ends. Plus, living in ...

I used to think I was above it. I would boldly profess that I didn’t need to look at my phone every time a notification went off. Then I realized that I wasn’t above it. I was right there in it like a ...

Mike Sorrentino is a Senior Editor for Mobile, covering phones, texting apps and smartwatches -- obsessing about how we can make the most of them. Mike also keeps an eye out on the movie and toy ...

Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better. I’m in a love-hate relationship with Twitter. But, ultimately, I hate how addicted I am to this app. My ...

Video: For the iPhone X, the price is a whole lot more than the sum of the parts I've had the iPhone X for over two weeks now, and I still think it's as good as a smartphone can get right now. Between ...

Ding! This needs your attention right now, notifications seem to say. Boing! It might be an emergency. Or, just as often: Boop! Somebody you love might want to talk to you. We get hundreds of ...

Notifications are, at the most basic level, a method of alerting people to some piece of information, often with some element of urgency. In a pre-internet world they existed as flags on mailboxes or ...