Free apps drain smartphone energy on 'advertising modules'
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 15:31
in Mathematics & Economics
Researchers have shown that popular free smartphone apps spend up to 75 percent of their energy tracking the user's geographical location, sending information about the user to advertisers and downloading ads.
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