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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."
There are free apps without ads and there are paid for apps with ads. Title should be that ads eat up battery life, which is kind of a no brainer.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
You can get angry birds easily on any platform.
1) Place phone on birdfeeder.
2) Fill birdfeeder with catfood.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch