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The Year in Review: The Best Tech Stories of 2015

Byte Technology

The newest version of your favorite phone may go up a little, but you’ll recoup any up front loss in the long run. The Internet behemoth unveiled the Now on Tap feature that cuts down on the amount of time you need to find something on your phone from minutes to mere seconds. Apple Does it Again.

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How can nonprofits leverage mobile technology for greater mission impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

According to Pew Research Center, a whopping 96 percent of Americans now own a cell phone, and the share that own smartphones is now 81 percent—up from just 35 percent in 2011. percent of all website traffic worldwide being generated through mobile phones. Speed is a priority for users.

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5 Takeaways from the bbcon 2020 Virtual Higher Ed Super Session

Connection Cafe

They were able to meet via phone and social media channels, a s well as in person while remaining s ocially distance. . Some of these activities included virtua l Wine and Art Nights with art professors, yoga sessions with exercise science professors, and music nights or lessons with music professors. .

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Smartphone Security: How To Erase SD Cards

Tech Soup

They hold our photos, music, videos and apps. If you get a new phone and want to recycle the old one, it’s wise to erase this internal storage. I talked about how to do that in my piece, How to Clear Critical Data From Your Cell Phone Before You Get Rid of It. I recommend the Pace Butler Cell Phone Data Erase Tool.

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Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: To Get a Good Night’s Sleep – Don’t Sleep with Your iPhone

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One surefire way to ruin your sleep is to use your mobile phone as an alarm clock. According to scientific research , reading a tablet or mobile phone with its backlit display in bed can make it harder to fall asleep and your sleep won’t be as rejuvenating. That is not a great way to to start the day.

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The Environmental Case for Remanufactured IT

Tech Soup

The number of mobile devices (phones and tablets) in use in the world now exceeds the global population of 7.4 Half the Periodic Table Is in That PC or Mobile Phone. The University of Illinois Sustainable Electronics Initiative estimates that each PC or mobile phone contains about half the periodic table. billion humans.

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How To Be The Best At What You Do

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Then my phone rings, and I’m looking at it, and I’m being distracted from my distractions! You can bet I’m going to spend those 20 years getting to be the best at something instead of phoning it in and whining. Practice has to be the center of your universe. You can’t phone it in. I’m living Instagram’s dream, right?

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