The Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) was released way back in iOS 3.0. That was only just over a year ago but given the pace of development in the mobile OS market that now seems like ancient history. APNS was a first tentative attempt by Apple to address the demand for background processes. It allows client applications to receive updates from a server without having to be running. Apple ta
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