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Survey: smartphone usage

The times they are a-changin’; our phones are getting smarter and the stats are showing we are making less calls and we’re instead using them more for a wide range of different tasks — web browsing, gaming, multimedia. One of the areas this impacts most is in the average battery life of modern smartphones. At CNET we strive to determine …

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Foursquare founder dismisses Facebook Places as ‘boring’

Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley has checked into Bittersville — mayor: him — and described new rival service Facebook Places as “boring”. Crowley says he doesn’t feel threatened by the 500 million-strong site’s rival service as it lacks gaming incentives. Following the US launch of Facebook Places last week, Crowley told The Telegraph that Facebook’s only advantage is its much larger …

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