Android apps can work in the background in sever ways, but sometimes too much choice can be a bad thing. Android has a range of APIs and components for scheduling background work, and the “correct” ...

Task Scheduler is one of the most useful tools built into Windows. It helps you automate all kinds of things, whether you want something to run at a specific time or keep repeating in the background ...

Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) have been extremely popular in recent years. Most engineers will select an RTOS very early on in the design cycle, sometimes even before requirements have been ...

A new feature of Windows Store apps, utilizing background tasks will not only help circumvent some challenges from the Windows Store app lifecycle, but they can keep your app responsive to what's ...

Developing Windows Store apps is a change of pace for a lot of developers. Unless you've migrated from the Silverlight, Windows Phone 7 or Windows Phone 8 world, the sandboxed and controlled ...