Free Apps Eat Your Smartphone Battery

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 serving their actual purpose. Research from a Purdue University scientist found that as much as 75 percent of the energy used by free apps (PDF) goes on accessing location services, finding suitable advertisements and displaying them."

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Re:Not a problem

[Oswald McWeany]

You can get angry birds easily on any platform.

1) Place phone on birdfeeder.
2) Fill birdfeeder with catfood.