Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Here are a few of my own personal best-ofs: the top three cheese-steaks in Philadelphia (Cosmi's, Jim's, John's Roast Pork), the best green chile in Denver (Santiago's, Benny's, Las Delicias), and the top breakfast tacos in Austin (Tamale House, Tacodeli, Mi Madre). Mobile Websites vs. Apps - what's right for you?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2011

I got to talking last week with Kiera Butler of Mother Jones magazine about the best ways to keep the rechargeable batteries in laptops and mobile phones healthy and long-lived. The average life span of a cell phone, however, is only 18 months , so a single battery should last the lifetime of a mobile phone.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2013

About half of all people in Africa own mobile phones. Africa now has more mobile phone users than either the U.S. It has had 30 percent growth in mobile adoption over the last 10 years. Africa has a 1 percent recycling rate for mobile phones. It now has a quarter billion Internet users and 450 million mobile phone users.

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