If an application keeps running in the background though you repeatedly shut it down, it probably launches automatically with Windows. For example, Adobe Acrobat runs a background app to help you ...

In a digital age where visuals play an important function in messaging, background changer applications have actually become a crucial device for content developers, designers, digital photographers, ...

Many applications run in the background of Windows 10, but not all of them are necessary. Microsoft Windows 10, and all the previous Windows versions that came before it included features, tools, and ...

Apple has equipped some of its developers with the tools needed to begin authoring iPhone applications that can receive data over the internet, like instant messages, even when they're not running.

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 ...