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Average Broadband Usage Hits New High of Nearly 600GB Per Month!
Back in the relatively early days of broadband internet, I was on a limited download contract. I got 10GB a month and trust me when I say that I quickly became aware that I had to start monitoring like like a hawk. Generally just after the first 10 days of…
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Research Finds We Spend 24 Hours Each Week On The Internet
Research Finds We Spend 24 Hours Each Week On The Internet How many hours a week do you think you spend on the internet? Remember, you’re on it now while you’re reading this! It’s probably a lot, but at the same time, it’s also probably a lot more than you…
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Windows 10 64-bit Now Has Over 50.15% Usage Share on Steam Survey as of March 2017
The latest Steam Hardware and Software Survey for March 2017 has been released and it shows that Microsoft’s Windows 10 64-bit OS has finally reached over 50.15% usage share, a big leap from 47.7% from last month. It has gained ground while Windows 7 64-bit has not dipped nearly as…
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Windows Update Causing 100% Disk Usage – Get The Fix Here!
Since launch, Windows 10 has received a fairly mixed response due to the controversy surrounding data collection and irritating bugs. Personally, I’ve not encountered any major problems and think it’s a solid operating system which greatly improves on Windows 8.1. However, a recent update caused my Samsung SM951 boot drive’s…
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ISP Says Internet Usage Is Like Eating Oreos
This is one of these articles that either will make you laugh, cry, or scream in anger – and maybe it will do all three things. In a filing with the FCC last week in response to Netflix asking the FCC to declare data caps on home internet unreasonable, the…
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Ads Could Account For More Than 50% Of Your Mobile Data Usage
So you’ve got a free minute and decide to read some news on your phone, but you’ve got no wi-fi so load up your mobile data roaming. A few minutes later you close down your browser after reading two maybe three articles, but there is one thing you don’t know…
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Mobile Phones Can Inhibit Sleep According to Latest Research
Smartphones have rapidly become an integral part of daily life and many people are extremely addicted to social media websites. As a result, it’s quite common for smartphone users to take their handsets to bed and casually post status updates. According to a paper published in Frontiers in Public Health, this…
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Silent Ads Are Slowing Your Smartphone and Stealing Data Allowance
Ever wondered why your battery is going down faster or your data allowance is just evaporating, though you’re not really using your smartphone that much? The answer is ads… and a lot of them. You may not see them on-screen, but research company Forensiq has said that they are there and…
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Can Depression be Detected by Analyzing Smartphone Data?
When I first stumbled upon this story I became interested for two reasons, firstly, sufferers all too often hide this illness from view, the “yes I’m fine” is a mantra which all too often covers a veil which is impossible to imagine. According to ball park stats, more than 350…
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Google Chrome Is Ready to Stop Draining Your Battery
If you stopped using Google Chrome on your notebook or smartphone, then you most likely did it because of its battery draw rate. Nobody wants to see their battery go from 100 to 0 faster than an F1 racing car and Google finally saw that their browser really had a…
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Chrome Users Rejoice! RAM And Battery Improvements In The Works!
Google Chrome is one of the big Internet browsers. With users loving its speed, its popularity has grown, with the use of extensions and cloud synced settings letting users customise their browsing experience, but at what cost? Google Chrome is known for two things: the fast speed and the dreadful…
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Google Now API Will Soon Be Available to Developers to Put in Their Apps
Director of Product Management for Google Now, Aparna Chennapragada, has announced at SXSW that an open API will soon be available to all developers to include in their apps. This means that Google Now will have the ability to search for information in more apps that just the ones allowed…
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Facebook Messenger Sparks Anger in Low-End Smartphone Users
Facebook’s aim is to be a social network, dedicated to maintaining friendships, creating new ones, share experiences and most importantly, chatting with friends. However, the social networks appears to do exactly the opposite and spark a large number of enemies who hate its current strategy. The social network giant appears…
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Maxthon Releases Windows PC Browser Designed for Faster Video Playback
Maxthon is a web browser for Windows, OS X and Linux, developed in China by the company Maxthon Ltd. Latest news point to the browser receiving an update aimed towards video playback, having features such as “AdSkipper” providing support for skipping through advertisements without slowing the video downloads. The company…
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Statistics Report That Mobile Data Nearly Doubled In 2013
According to industry analyst Chetan Sharma, a consultant for wireless carriers, mobile data usage nearly doubled in the last year. On a global scale the average is now at 240MB per month, up from 140MB last year, while usage on the US jumped from 690MB to 1.2GB on average during…
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