4 Ways to Ruin Your Smartphone’s Battery
- Deanne Drexler
- May 18, 2022
- battery
- Ruin
- smartphones
- Ways
cliplab/Shutterstock.com There’s a lot of information out there about how to treat smartphone batteries. We can argue about the best practices, but there are some clearly bad things that can ruin batteries quickly. Let’s make sure you’re avoiding them. Smartphone batteries get worse over time, it’s inevitable. There are systems in place to slow it down […]
Read More5 shady battery tricks smartphone brands got caught doing
- Deanne Drexler
- February 25, 2022
- battery
- brands
- caught
- shady
- smartphone
- tricks
Robert Triggs / Android Authority Smartphone brands can be very tricky when it comes to how they communicate certain features and market their wares. Pumped-up numbers look good, after all. It must be said, though, that manufacturers often step up their shady tactics when it comes to the battery. Yes, there are several examples of […]
Read MoreWindows 11’s new feature could be good news for your laptop battery
Windows 11 Pro has just given the Task Manager a smart new feature to tame apps which are being resource hogs, something that could help, well, everyone of course, but especially laptop users thanks to ensuing battery life benefits. Note that this change is just in preview right now, with the new Build 22557 deployed […]
Read MoreHow to make Google Chrome less of a battery hog on your laptop
I have a love/hate relationship with Google Chrome. It’s a great browser, but it’s also a massive memory hog that can bring the most powerful of systems to their knees. Recently I discovered an extension — called Auto Tab Discard — that does a really good job of taming the amount of system resources that […]
Read MoreEasy to repair, subpar battery life
One of the most remarkable things about the Framework laptop isn’t merely the device itself, but the marketplace that comes with it. Visit Framework’s online storefront, and you’ll find a sprawling array of replacement parts for sale, from screens and batteries to fans and speakers, along with upgradable storage and RAM. The Framework laptop is […]
Read MoreA tweaked display cable might give your next laptop slightly better battery life
Don’t you love standards? I do, for the most part, particularly when they’re fixing things, and the new VESA Embedded DisplayPort 1.5 (or eDP 1.5 for short) looks likely to do that in future fancy-screened laptops. It’s promising more power savings with adaptive-sync screens, OLED panels, and displays that come with their own embedded memory […]
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