Typically, this is done by examining the identifying information associated with each notification and checking to see if that information matches with any cases already on the database maintained by the register.
Determine if you would like to receive election updates and notifications, and check the appropriate boxes.
If I handed this phone to my mom and asked her to "slide out the notification drawer and check for new emails", she'd probably respond with "So wait, I open my Google?" It's no sweat for even a fledgling geek, but it might bewilder anyone who's new to the smartphone scene for a day or two.
Alongside the ability to turn off nearby notifications and check-in notifications, Swarm has tried to master this balancing act by giving users control over push notifications on a per-user basis.
That leads to the other enhancements: notification and automatic check-in and checkout.
For example, my preferred workplace communication tool is email because I turn off the automatic notification and try to check it between tasks, rather than constantly responding.
It works very well, and allows you to immediately dismiss and check notifications without unlocking your phone every time.
I might send a text to my roommate, watch a YouTube video someone shared with me, forward an interesting article to my team, and check a notification while I'm on Skype with a lead.
On the accounts that matter most--banks, credit cards, healthcare--frequently check activity and also check your notification and forwarding settings.
TechHit's FBLook add-in puts an extra line on the toolbar that lets you update your status right from Outlook, set it to show what song is playing in Windows Media Player or iTunes, see the status lines of your friends and check other notifications.
