Instead, a push notification is sent to all users in attendance, giving them a choice to create a group album of shared photos.

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Like push notifications, but sends a notification straight from the app without needing a push notification server, perfect for an alarm, for instance.

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Apparently more than 60 percent of the photos that Flock recommends are actually shared, and push notification response rates are around 40 to 50 percent.

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Before the program stops making use of the processor, it registers its change of activity with Windows Push Notification Services (WNS) - software that runs on Microsoft's remote computer servers.

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The Department of Education said this week they had to push the notification process back two weeks because of delays related to superstorm Sandy.

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And Apple, which has yet to include indoor maps in its Maps app, is nevertheless employing indoor positioning technology in its Apple Store app to push Genius Bar customers a check-in notification as soon as they enter the retail store.

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Push notifications via the Facebook phone would be able to undercut the prices of virtually any SMS notification while providing advertisers access to a highly desirable demographic.

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