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Questions tagged [notifications]

Messages or alerts that let you know that an update, service change or some other activity has occurred

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What does starring a repository on GitHub do?

GitHub rolled out their new notifications and stars feature. But does starring do anything for a repository? Is it just to show support or interest? Is there any functional purpose to the user? If not, why should I use them? Do other users, or…
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Can I be notified if a Google Drive (Sheets or Docs) document is changed?

I have a couple of documents in Google Sheets/Docs that, whenever they are changed by people they are shared with, I'd like to be notified (don't care if the difference of the change is sent, just "Change occurred" flag is sufficient). Ideally, this…
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Is it possible to disable Google+ notifications of newly Instant Upload photos?

Is it possible to disable Google+ notifications of newly Instant Upload photos in the big red square at the top right corner of the Google pages? I would prefer for Google Plus not to notify me about newly uploaded pictures to the Instant Upload…
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Stop being auto-subscribed to GitHub repositories from an organisation

I’ve been joined to a GitHub “organisation” for some things I do at the day job occasionally (administrative and Debian packaging things). I’m not normally involved in the development of the stuff hosted by that GitHub organisation. However, when…
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How do I turn off 'like' notifications on Twitter?

On Twitter - I don't want notifications whenever someone likes my tweet, or likes tweets that I'm mentioned in. However, I do want to be notified when someone replies to my tweets. I want these settings to apply for what is known as the…
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How do you disable the popup notification in the Google Hangouts extension for Chrome?

Is there a way to disable just the popup that appears at the bottom right when receiving a message from someone, without disabling all notifications?
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Disable the Google Plus red notification number on Gmail, Google search, etc

How can I disable the big red number showing on the Google account bar that comes from Google+ activity? Whenever there are new notifications from Google+ the box turns red showing a number or count of how many messages/updates are waiting. I want…
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How do I disable the "interesting tweet" notification type on Twitter?

In the past, I would get Twitter notifications when someone liked or retweeted a tweet, or started following me. If I hadn't visited Twitter for a while after, I'd get an e-mail saying there were notifications available. For the past month or so,…
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Associate two email addresses (for invitations) with the same Google Calendar?

I have a Gmail account a@gmail.com that is set up to send mails out of my work email account a@example.com. This works legitimately with Gmail's feature to Send mail as: (Use Gmail to send from your other email addresses) in the Accounts and Import…
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How to unsubscribe from "LinkedIn Network Updates"?

I still receive "LinkedIn Network Updates" emails even though I configured my settings to not receive them: "Network activity" set to "No email" "Network activity discussions" set to "No email" "Top articles news digest" set to "No email" "Turn…
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Can I have Gmail notify me when it is unable to retrieve mail from my other accounts?

Is there a way to get Gmail to notify me when it is unable to retrieve mail from my other accounts? I have Gmail checking several accounts (under Settings → Accounts & Import), but on occasion it fails to connect to a web server (usually because…
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Be notified of @-messages on Twitter

On Twitter, how can I receive an automatic notification through email if somebody writes an @-message to me?
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Google Drive: Do editors, viewers receive a notification when authority removed?

I'm going in and tidying up some permissions on Google documents I've created, mainly removing editors and viewers before archiving some documents. Do the readers and viewers I remove received a notification that they have been "unfriended" from the…
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How Can I Really Turn Off "Close Friends" Notifications?

Recently Facebook has begun notifying me of random things. It started when it would tell me about everybody's check-ins. That wasn't so bad, because it doesn't happen very often and I can appreciate Facebook wanting me to immediately know where my…
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Does Trello send email notifications?

Does Trello send email notifications when a task is modified? Or do we have to log in and check to see if tasks have been updated?
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