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Buying Used Smartphones Is Becoming Less Appealing

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Today's Featured Articles

How to Put Your Smarthome in Vacation Mode

When you go on vacation, there are probably a handful of things you to do to your house to prepare it for a prolonged vacancy. That list should include taking care of your smarthome devices.   Read More »


How to Play Chrome’s Hidden Dinosaur Game Without Going Offline

Chrome has a hidden endless runner game you can play whenever your computer or phone is offline, but it turns out you can also play it without disconnecting.   Read More »


Buying Used Smartphones Is Becoming Less Appealing

We’ve always been a huge advocate of buying used tech gear, and for the most part, we still are. After all, you save a ton of money by waiting a year or two and buying an older model used. Buying used smartphones, however, is becoming less appealing.   Read More »




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FYI / Useful Tips and Headlines
This new section contains our commentary on what we're reading from around the web. It's like a daily digest of the things we found interesting in the world of technology.

How to Play Chrome’s Hidden Dinosaur Game Without Going Offline
Chrome has a hidden endless runner game you can play whenever your computer or phone is offline, but it turns out you can also play it without disconnecting.   Read More »


Adware Doctor, a Top Seller on the Mac App Store, Was Grabbing Users’ Web History
The Mac App Store is supposed to be a safe way to download software, but a prominent malware scanner sold there until recently was grabbing users’ browsing history.   Read More »


No, You Can’t Download a 32GB SD Card From Google Play
Someone is claiming to sell a 32GB SD card on Google Play. Seriously.   Read More »




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Geek Trivia

What Mobile Phone Service Preceded Modern Cell Phones?
Remote Call Node (RCN) →
Over Air Exchange (OAE) →
Mobile Telephone Service (MTS) →
Phone Over Air (POA) →


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Today's Tech Term

Congestion

Congestion is a network condition that occurs when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current heavy traffic load, which slows down overall network response time.



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