Android apps can work in the background in sever ways, but sometimes too much choice can be a bad thing. Android has a range of APIs and components for scheduling background work, and the “correct” ...

iPadOS 26 is a huge upgrade for iPad, especially in areas of productivity. Alongside new windowing and multitasking features, dock and files changes, there’s a new iPadOS 26 capability for apps that ...

The idea that closing background apps saves battery life is a widespread misconception. In reality, modern smartphones, whether running Android or iOS, are designed to manage background tasks ...

Developing Windows Store apps is a change of pace for a lot of developers. Unless you've migrated from the Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 or Windows Phone 8 world, the sandboxed and controlled ...

Apple has a three-layer system for protecting Macs against malware. First, it seeks to prevent installation of malware. It does this by vetting apps in the Mac App Store, and using Gatekeeper with ...

The Background Task Manager in macOS Ventura isn't as effective as it could be, as a security researcher claims it can be easily bypassed. Apple introduced the Background Task Manager as part of macOS ...

As great as the iPhone is, it has one glaring weakness: The inability to run third-party applications in the background. That badly cripples certain types of apps, such as those that do instant ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Recently here at Windows Phone Central we've received a few help requests through our app from ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ever since the arrival of the Preview for Windows Phone 8.1, we’ve been documenting frequent ...

A new feature of Windows Store apps, utilizing background tasks will not only help circumvent some challenges from the Windows Store app lifecycle, but they can keep your app responsive to what's ...