After surveying smartphone users, researchers found that many people misunderstand online status indicators but still carefully shape their behavior to control how they are displayed to others. Some ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday granted Apple a patent for a system in which the status of a portable device can be persistently displayed on-screen without having to turn on the ...

Some apps highlight when a person is online -- and then share that information with their followers. When a user logs in to a website or app that uses online status indicators, a little green (or ...