Your typical Android mobile app is a skilled multi-tasker, capable of performing complex and long-running tasks in the background (such as handling network requests or transferring data) while ...

Three products at DemoSpring show that it's time for Apple to get off the stick and figure out the background problems like power management and security. Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and ...

For hiringmanagers, a background check – or the screening of an applicant’s job history, vehicle records, criminal records, and more – often represent a final logistical hurdle in the application and ...

Processing in which the program is not visibly interacting with the user. Earlier personal computers used operating systems that ran background tasks only when foreground tasks were idle, such as ...