The official news alert announcing that world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking had died at age 76 popped up on my phone Wednesday, just a few minutes after I first heard about his death.
But by nightfall, airstrikes and rocket fire seemed to have picked up again, as news alerts announced that Israel was making final preparations for a ground invasion.
LiveIntent, a startup that provides tools for advertising in email newsletters and alerts, is announcing that it has raised $20 million in Series C funding.
Back in July, the Herald Sun ran an exclusive, announcing that Victoria Police was pushing to launch a text message warning system that could alert the public to dangerous drugs.
Practitioners first received an alert email announcing the survey, followed shortly by more detailed information about the study and an invitation to complete the survey within 2 weeks.
Chinese authorities have issued air pollution warnings for 10 additional cities, following two "red alerts" announced by Beijing this month that covered the capital and several other major cities in the country's east. .
A breaking news alert cuts across the screen announcing that North Korea "has fallen".
On Thursday, General Motors announced an alert system under development that would instruct the Chevy Volt to charge only when a relatively high percentage of renewable energy was available.
Plus, with a printed book, you don't get alerts blooming across the page announcing that it's your turn in Words With Friends".
At the same time that she was delivering her rather pointless alert, delegates at the HMC gathering were announcing that their fees are set to "soar" in a "race to attract overseas pupils".
But there is an even greater and perhaps more embarrassing challenge: announcing that the monkey on your back is -- Geek alert!
