Between Slack messages, email notifications, calls from family and friends, calendar reminders and alerts from dozens of apps, our smartphones would ring and ding like slot machines, if we let them.

There are plenty of reasons you may want to temporarily mute notifications on your iPhone, like if you're in an important ...

Do Not Disturb gets a few great additions in iOS 12. These new features are very simple. However, they will make a big difference in how we use our phones — and how we interact with other people.

I often forget that the Do Not Disturb toggle in iOS 6 exists. It’s a great feature for quickly shutting out the noise, but the problem is that you have to open the Settings app to enable. Do Not ...

Do Not Disturb mode is a nice way to limit the disturbances when you need to concentrate or need some silence. Jim Rossman / TNS I received this email from a reader last week: “I have an IPhone XR, ...

Even if your phone is on silent or set to “Do Not Disturb,” emergency weather alerts can still break through — and that’s a good thing. As severe storms grow more frequent and unpredictable, keeping ...