New research out of Purdue University shows how free smartphone apps suck energy out of your phone. In summary, they spend 65-75% of their energy on “ad modules” — ”tracking the user’s geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downloading ads.” Well, as someone in the internet industry, I know that ads [...]
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