Server Time, and app notifications

Sorry if these have been asked before, but I can't find a definitive answer on these specific questions:

1) Is there any way to get an app (mobile, in particular) made in CF to send notifications to players telling them, for example, that their factory has finished being constructed? Or that daily rewards are waiting for them? Something like this is -essential- for boosting the play time of any app.

2) Is there a way to get an app to read data from a server, and then transcribe that data in the app somewhere? For example, a billboard that appears in the game's town square that displays the total amount of damage players from around the world have done to a big boss enemy.

3) Can we make our apps read the date and time from a server, rather than from the players' device, in order to prevent players from exploiting time-sensitive events in the game by setting their device's date and time forward or backward?

Thank you!

Quote from tk22

1) I am interested in this as well if anyone has done this please let us know!
2) This is possible simply upload a text file and use the GET object to read it (it is also possible to use google docs but you will need to parse the data to get the content) as seen Please login to see this attachment.
3) I have done this using and time and date API Please login to see this link. Simply GET this URL "Please login to see this link.". But I have yet to figure out how to do this using my own server as that service is not that reliable

This is awesome! I just wish there was a clear tutorial for implementing my idea in a CF app. One that walks through the process of using the GET object in conjunction with the PARSE object to display a set of text or numbers in an app. I had no idea you could do this with Google Docs or that World Clock website!

So it looks like in order to display a "total damage done to giant community boss monster" i'll need to have a website that receives Player Damage Dealt from the app, total up those numbers, and then have the app GET that total number from the website? Would anyone be willing to create a tutorial for that?

Thank you, this has been really encouraging!