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robertskmiles
on April 20, 2012
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If You Have A Smartphone, Anyone Can Now Track You...
Likewise. In fact phones are more likely to encourage you to turn things off to save power.
peterhajas
on April 20, 2012
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Turning on Wi-Fi, and using that for data, is way more energy efficient than mobile data. The device is saving power with Wi-Fi.
robertskmiles
on April 25, 2012
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But when you're not using the internet, an idle Wi-Fi radio wastes power.
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