MacRumours has "heard" that Apple might let iPhone users keep apps running in the background when not actively in use. Your 'Yes, and?' comments are not entirely unexpected, so let us explain why this ...

This is especially the case in games that use modern engines, such as Unreal Engine 5, to stream assets like map geometry and shaders dynamically during gameplay, as background indexing can heavily ...

One of the nifty things about a computer is its ability to perform many tasks simultaneously–while a user is composing a word doc, that same computer might also be performing a database search, ...

The latest Android 14 reports feature new information on the upcoming version of the system to power smartphones soon, and it will be to stop the process of "Speed Booster" apps on the platform. It ...

Back in March, when we first learned the details behind the upcoming iPhone SDK, I wrote about Apple’s decision to not allow background applications on the iPhone. As described in Apple’s Human ...

Random problems in mobile devices including app crashes, sluggishness, and loading errors are attributed to many different factors including corrupted processes and background services. Services are ...

One of the simplest ways to run a command in the background is by appending an ampersand (&) at the end of the command. This method instructs the shell to execute the command as a separate background ...

When you’re using your Mac, currently running applications appear in the Dock, but there are many processes running invisibly in the background. Some of these are processes you’ve initiated ...