On my tablets it varies with the app that is in that tray area. Since this is like a PC, I find each machine to be customized and we get to dig around to find it (just like Windows.)
Read http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120726061050AA3YVgR if you don't know to turn on the notifications.
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