All posts tagged with Smartphones
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-(Natural News) Smartphones have taken over the world. They’re with you when you wake up, you keep them close by throughout the day, and they are often the last thing you interact with before you go to sleep. This is the reality for millions upon millions of people everywhere around the world. And whether you […]
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-(Natural News) If you ask Brune Poirson, the discerning French consumer should know exactly how long a product is expected to last. According to a Deutsche Welle article, he’s proposing for the adoption of a labeling system that will rate a product on its durability, ability to be recycled, and ecological footprint. The Secretary of State to France’s ecology […]
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-(Natural News) Dry eyes, a condition where the eyes do not produce enough tears, is a modern-day scourge. Smartphones, computers and tablets for home and office work have doubled, even tripled, the time we spend in front of a screen that require us to stare at it for hours on end. This, in turn, forces […]
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-(Natural News) Mobile phones, particularly of the smart variety, often come equipped with location tracking sensors that are used mainly for on-device navigation. These sensors enable phones to make full use of apps meant for maps, ride-sharing, and even simple web browsing, so most users tend leave them on all the time as they are […]
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-(Natural News) With the emergence of flexible — as in bendable — consumer electronic devices like smartphones and smartwatches, the demand has increased for similarly flexible high-performance batteries. This was the main motivation behind a study conducted by researchers from Columbia University, who now claim that they have successfully created a remarkably flexible, high energy […]
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-(Natural News) According to a recent study, teenagers who spend too much time on their smartphones are unhappier. Scientists from San Diego State University (SDSU) advised teenagers to spend less than two hours daily on digital media so they can “boost their happiness and self-esteem.” This means minimizing time spent playing computer games, on social […]
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-(Natural News) Put your phones down— it looks like even adults can benefit from a “timeout” from their gadgets. According to the results of a recent study, employees who use their mobile devices to continue working at home often face conflicts in their work life. Wayne Crawford, assistant professor of management in University of Texas at […]
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-(Natural News) Energous Corporation announced that it has received certification from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its first-generation WattUp Mid Field transmitter. The technology was designed to emit focused, radio frequency-based power to devices at a distance. A company press release read that the FCC certification ushers in a new era of wireless charging for a wide […]
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-(Natural News) Your phone is actually spying on you. They may not be listening to your conversations, but they are using your device’s microphone to gather information on the ads, TV shows, and movies you watch. A new report from The New York Times revealed that more than 250 gaming apps use the monitoring software […]
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-(Natural News) Ever since smartphone makers thought it was acceptable to build phones with nothing but mostly screens on them, the world has come to know one major annoyance: broken glass screens. Whenever a phone screen breaks, it’s always a toss-up between continuing to use the phone with cracks on its display, or just ponying up […]
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