If you've already got the BBC Sport app, you might already be getting alerts for football scores or sport news.
You'll be shocked at how often you're getting alerts that profits have just been dropped into your account.
On the patient side, they will be getting alerts leading up to their operations, suggesting activities that they should be doing to keep themselves active ahead of surgery.
The problem came to light because Tesla found customers were getting alerts that said their parking brake needs service, or that the brake could not be disengaged, not in huge numbers but with noteworthy frequency.
"We started 'skin-to-skin' contact -- a process used with human newborn babies -- and she responded well to this and is getting stronger and more alert each day". The baby gorilla has not yet been introduced to the public.
"Spoiler alert: Earth is getting warmer".
The heat is getting oppressive but we stay alert and try to move with the flow, sticking to the left as much as possible and keeping an eye out for potholes and drain covers whose grilles face the direction of travel – lying in wait to trap unwary bike tyres.
Another app programmers have provided to OWS is the I'm Getting Arrested app, which alerts legal support and family via text messaging when a protester is getting arrested.
"You could be getting an alert any day, any time, depending on what happens on your credit report," said Adrian Nazari, Credit Sesame's founder and chief executive.
Until I intervened, my twelve-year-old was getting an alert on his phone every time a goal was scored in the top dozen professional leagues.
But nobody really knows, and because the agency has been getting contamination alerts from manufacturers for only a few months, it has yet to work out precisely how to handle them.
