But Yota is working on dynamic apps like an e-reader and email notification system for the back screen.

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Pokki also has a smartphone-like notification system, that, in my tests, listed new messages in the Gmail app.

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We'd previously heard of a six-stage notification system, and this, too, is mentioned here with repeat offenders facing access to "many of the most frequently visited websites" restricted.

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What we want with this disease is a very rapid form of notification with the bureaucracy of the statutory notification system, and that's how we've detected our cases so far.

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Europe suggests a different system: notification-and-consent.

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In the current system, such notification could take days, weeks, even months, unnecessarily exposing more of the public to these diseases for longer.

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The only interface customization you'll find here are the thumbnail overview of up to seven home screens (pinch anywhere on any home screen to toggle), as well as the "Pad Only" tab in the app drawer, the handy ASUS Quick Setting panel in the notification tray, and "ASUS customized setting" in system settings.

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Among its provisions was the creation of a three-tiered system that designates varying levels of requirements for registration and public notification.

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In December, China issued what is known as a technical barrier to trade notification to the World Trade Organization that detailed a proposed law requiring handset makers ensure preloaded apps and operating-system updates are in accordance with Chinese laws before the phones are sold in China.

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