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Users of iPods, iPads and iPhones may notice their home screens sometimes display a small red circle with a numeral in the middle. This means notifications are enabled and one or more of the applications downloaded on the device needs attention. There are several types of notifications. Each provides alerts or related information and has [...]

If your iPhone battery is draining inordinately quickly, you may want to try turning off Facebook push notifications. AppleToolbox reader Kevin Flynn writes: “I had a similar problem, but found that tuning my Facebook app fixed it. Find ‘Settings’ and turn all the “push” options OFF for Facebook. If you can live without this, your battery charge [...]