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Google's Keep's location-based reminders—do they drain your battery?

Posted August 21, 2013 - 4:32 pm

It's a fact that, like yourself, the more your phone is awake and working, the more it eventually wants to go to sleep.
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Another good reason to root your Android phone: Greenify, the background app wrangler

Posted August 2, 2013 - 1:38 pm

Greenify is an interesting approach to battery life troubleshooting, and very simple to use.
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Twitter and Facebook are killing your phone battery

Posted June 13, 2013 - 6:28 am

This is when I would tell you to load up Facebook.com or Twitter.com in your phone's browser, and notice just how functional and fleshed-out they look lately.
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Android widgets that are actually worth it

Posted February 7, 2013 - 4:57 pm

A well-made, energy-conscious widget can be a really handy thing. So let’s look at some widgets that are worth their while.
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5 Things to do right away on your new Android device: Part 2

Posted December 28, 2012 - 4:58 pm

These fixes are, hopefully, things you may not have thought of, or find in your casual look-through, but are useful and time-saving on a day-to-day basis.
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Microsoft Surface tablets may not match iPad battery life

Posted June 24, 2012 - 7:45 am

Microsoft's new Surface tablets may not match Apple's iPad on battery life, according to estimates made by Computerworld based on comparable devices.
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Samsung Series 9: ultra-thin, but hard to use

Posted May 5, 2012 - 7:30 am

Razor-thin laptops are nothing new, thanks to the influx of Ultrabooks in the market. But Samsung's latest Series 9 laptop isn't quite an Ultrabook--it's better. The 2012 Series 9, which comes in two flavors (13.3-inch and 15-inch) is thinner, more powerful, and simpler than both its predecessor and the average Ultrabook.
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On lithium-ion batteries, smartphones, and impermanence

Posted April 27, 2012 - 7:30 am

Here’s one of those facts that is somehow both reassuring and disheartening in equal amounts: no matter how perfectly you treat your phone or tablet, you only get three or four years until it’s functionally useless without a charging cord nearby.
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The hidden ways mobile sites and free games are killing your battery

Posted April 23, 2012 - 9:38 am

You know that streaming music over 3G draws a lot of smartphone energy. But inefficient CSS, image file choices, and geo-locating advertisements are hogging your battery in less overt ways, according to recent studies.
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Battery life key to smartphone customer loyalty, J.D. Power survey shows

Posted March 16, 2012 - 11:36 am

J.D. Power's annual survey of smartphone customers shows that battery life is a critical factor in brand loyalty.
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Get out of my driveway, social-mobile-location apps

Posted March 12, 2012 - 4:19 pm

How many of your neighbors became friends by jumping into your driveway and yelling, “Kapow! Your neighbor, me, just had some explosively spicy Chinese food!”
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Apple (finally) admits what iPhone 4S owners already knew: There's a battery problem

Posted November 3, 2011 - 11:13 am

After weeks of complaints from iPhone 4S owners, Apple acknowledges a problem with battery life in some devices.
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Nanotubes could help cell phones run 100x longer

Posted March 11, 2011 - 3:25 pm

Researchers at Illinois University have developed a way to replace the metal wires in flash-memory components with carbon nanotubes, potentially reducing power use enough that mobile devices could run 100 times longer with the same batteries than i
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