+ - Free Apps Eat Your Smartphone Battery-> 1
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judgecorp
judgecorp writes "Here's a reason to pay for smartphone apps. The free versions can spend three times as much energy finding and serving ads as they do on their actual job. Research from a Purdue university scientist found that as much as 75 percent of the energy used by free apps goes on accessing location services, finding suitable adverts and displaying them."
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Location "services"... (Score:1)
Seriously, would anyone on