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Intermittent app behaviour is exhausting your smartphone

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Intermittent app behaviour is exhausting your smartphone

We take a look at the worst offending apps when it comes to draining your smartphone battery.

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Uber snubs NSW government

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Sci-fi author William Gibson.

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Google prepares to release Project Ara smartphones

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Traveller's best friend

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