Google adding richer notifications to Chrome on ChromeOS, Windows

by Jeff Causey on May 23rd 2013, 9:42pm
tagged Beta, Chrome, Google, notifications

With the popularity of Android on smartphones and tablets, Google has a big platform to help push their other products and services. One of those is the Chrome browser for Android. As users surf the net with Chrome, they are able to enjoy the benefits of having their sessions sync with installations of Chrome, say on their desktop and laptop computers. To help capitalize on this and make the use of Chrome and Google services even more attractive, Google announced today the introduction of richer notifications for the Beta channel version of the Chrome browser.

The user interface for notifications and the underlying framework have both been reworked and expanded to be available for developers of Chrome apps and extensions to capitalize on. From an interface perspective, the new notifications adopt a Google Now card-like look. Mimicking capabilities of the notifications available on Jelly Bean Android devices, the new notifications can include the ability to interact directly within the pop-up.

The notification center will display several notifications at once if a user is away from their computer for a while. Along with the usability improvements, notifications can now include formatted text and assets like images. Google provides a panel for users to select which notifications which display.

Google has new versions available for both Windows and ChromeOS. They indicate an OSX version for Macs is on the way. If you want to try out the Chrome Beta, hit the source link for more information.

source: Google Chrome Blog

How to disable annoying Android notifications

by Aditya Thawardas on May 20th 2013, 2:47pm
tagged guide, how to, notifications

Sometimes, an app annoyingly doesn’t allow you to disable its notifications in the app’s settings. Sometimes, an app even gives advertisements through the notifications, which is even more annoying. If you have Jelly Bean 4.1 or higher, you can fortunately disable almost any app’s notifications straight from the device settings. After the break are instructions on how you can get rid of the pesky alerts. » Read the rest

Pinterest app for Android receives update

by Jeff Causey on May 14th 2013, 4:50pm
tagged notifications, Pinterest, Search, tagging, update

Popular social media network Pinterest updated their Android app today adding some new features to help improve interactions between users. Mirroring a change made to their web based site, Pinterest will now alert you via a push notification whenever someone likes, comments, or repins your stuff. The app will also let you “mention” friends in comments, a feature that is popular with other social media networks like Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. The app will also start to provide users with suggestions for search terms as they type in the search box. Hit the break for some screenshots of the new features and download links.

If you are interested in giving Pinterest a try, use the link below to grab it for your Android device.

Google Play Download Link

Quick Settings app brings Jelly Bean toggles to older devices

by Nathan Alvarez on Mar 3rd 2013, 7:27pm
tagged Jelly Bean, notifications, quick settings

Do you wish you had the convenient toggles found on Jelly Bean devices? Instead of waiting for the Jelly Bean update or rooting your device, you can simply install Quick Settings. Quick Settings is an app from mDroidd, a regular contributor on the xda-developers forums, which emulates the toggle settings in Jelly Bean on older devices running Android 2.3 or later.

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Lock screen notifications make their way to Android Jelly Bean

by Nathan Alvarez on Feb 11th 2013, 8:14am
tagged Jelly Bean, lock screen, notifications

In today’s world of tablets, smartphones and “phablets”, the lock screen is probably one of the single most viewed elements of any device. Recently with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, Google added the ability to have widgets on your lock screen which brought the usefulness and importance of the lock screen to a new level. One thing that has been oddly left out of the Android feature list is the ability to view notifications on your screen. However thanks to XDA member Roymam there’s an app for that.

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Google Calendar gets an update with some important features

by Alexon Enfiedjian on Dec 13th 2012, 7:53pm
tagged app update, Google Calendar, notifications

Google fanatics everywhere rejoice! Google Calendar has an update waiting for you in the Play store. This update has some pretty useful new features in tow, such as: making calls or opening maps directly from the notification, auto suggest while adding an address, and quick event creation from month view. These features should make interacting with your Google Calendar even faster than it already is. The app is up and available for download right now if you’re running Android 4.0.3 or later. Find the QR code or download link after the break.

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Latest Facebook For Android Update Provides Timelines And Improved Notifications

by Justin Routhier on Dec 16th 2011, 1:06am
tagged Android Market, app, Facebook, notifications, qr code, timeline, update

Facebook’s latest mobile app update has managed to drop a nice little bundle of improvements on us. Most notably is the new access to their timeline feature (if you have one), but it also provides some new photo enhancements too, like viewable tags on pictures and let us not forget the real time alerts – thanks to their new push notifications.

Hit the break to see everything that’s new in this version and to grab the Android Market link or a QR code.

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GetJar to Add Update Notifications to Android Applications

by Stacy Bruce on Nov 26th 2011, 5:18pm
tagged Android, applications, GetJar, notifications, update

GetJar just announced that they will be adding a new update notification feature that will allow developers the opportunity to reach out users to let them know when an app update is available. For example, say you have the Angry Birds Seasons app downloaded to your phone via GetJar, the developers can now push out a notification telling you that new levels or features are available for download. In addition, GetJar suggests using updates as an engagement tool so that developers can send friendly reminders about apps that users may have forgotten about.

Although still in beta, the new feature is currently being tested and should hit airways relatively soon. As far as user updates go, GetJar 3.5 began rolling out last week and it looks to be “stable and sustainable” according to GetJar. For further developer information hit the link below.

[via GetJar]

Pops for Android Brings Notifications with Onscreen Videos and Animations [video]

by Harold Williams on Aug 23rd 2011, 8:14pm
tagged animated notifications, Facebook, gmail, notifications, pops, pops notifications, text, Twitter, video notifications

Pops for Android brings a new style of customization to your notifications with themes. Each theme includes different animations and videos to signal a notification on your Android device. Pops is constantly updating their gallery of notifications, but users can also create their own from personal photo or video galleries. This may be a gimmick app whose charm will wear off, but I’m interested to see where this app will go. One good thing going for it is that the “pops” only come up when the screen is off, though this could be a battery killer (unless it could be configured to fire only for certain contacts). It’s also a refreshing change from just a sound and notification light blinking. Yeah, I’ll probably get sick of it, but for now I’m having fun playing around with the Space Invaders theme.

Pops currently supports Gmail, Facebook, Twitter and text massages notifications and is planning to expand to more services soon. Be sure to check out the video after the break and grab the app for free over at our apps database here. Gimmick or interesting? Hit us up in the comments.

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Get AOSP sounds on your Sense device thanks to XDA

by Dustin Karnes on Jul 16th 2011, 8:21pm
tagged Android, AOSP, music, notifications, ringtones, sense, sounds

Love Sense, but miss the awesome ringtones / notifications that come with all those AOSP ROMs? Well, thanks to (as usual!) XDA, you can get yourself a nice, clean, flashable ZIP to get them back. According to the original thread:

Here is a flashable zip file of all the AOSP ringtones and notifications. I requested this to use on a sense rom (MikG v2.2) Thanks Preludedrew for making this for me!!!!! Hopefully all the sense users out there that are stuck with some pretty weak tones can find this useful. And always remember to DO A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST! I am not responsible for what happens to ANYBODYS phone!!!!!!!

So hit the original thread here, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments!

[via xda]