Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. So what’s the solution? How can we make it easier for heavy sleepers to wake up? In cases like this, a more purpose-built alarm ...

At least once a week, I participate in an elaborate race to make it to work before the clock strikes 9 a.m. — and it's all because I hit snooze a few too many times. I used to embody a moody teenager ...

When you set your alarm for 6:00 a.m. this morning, you thought you'd selected an appropriate time. But maybe you stayed up a little too late, or maybe you tossed and turned a little too much. Now ...

If you wake up to an alarm on your iPhone and hit snooze, you'll get nine additional minutes, no more, no less. The iPhone Clock app doesn't just default to a nine-minute snooze cycle; that's its only ...

If you're a very heavy sleeper, you already know a regular alarm clock usually doesn't get the job done, and phone alerts or easygoing sunrise alarms don't rouse those who are deep in an REM cycle, ...

Alarm clock apps are quite handy, especially for those who usually oversleep. Picture taken on October 29, 2010 in Paris of an alarm clock, as Europe moved to winter time at 0100 GMT on October 31, ...

Many of us use our phones as alarm clocks, waking up to the incessant ringing of a select few ringtones. For that reason, buying a standalone alarm clock may seem a bit outdated. Despite what some may ...

ATLANTA — This weekend we spring forward and lose an hour of sleep, meaning many people across metro Atlanta will hit the snooze. For most of us, the snooze will bring an extra nine minutes of slumber ...

Few gadgets are more hated than the alarm clock, a device whose primary purpose is to rudely rip you from the pleasant world of sleep into the cold, harsh, unforgiving reality that we live in every ...