Consumer & Gadgets
Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app's functions. But default ...
Aug 19, 2024
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Business
Around 20 million smartphones are sold in Germany every year, as Bitkom recently reported—a heavy burden on the environment and climate: Information and communication technologies are responsible for around 8% of Germany's ...
Jun 13, 2024
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Software
The best way to help smartphone users manage their screen time may be to make phones progressively more annoying to use, according to new University of Michigan research.
May 14, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Smartphones have altered human behavior in complex ways but context can also alter smartphone use.
Nov 30, 2023
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Internet
Goodbye, Twitter. Hello, X.
Jul 24, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Despite the increasing popularity of mobile phones, their end-of-life disposal remains a major environmental challenge.
May 9, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
Researchers from Temple University, Columbia University, and Baylor University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines the effectiveness of adopting different choices to guide digital consumer behavior ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
In recent years, many smartphone users have become concerned about the privacy of their data and the extent to which companies might have access to this data. As things stand today, the applications that users can run on ...
Consumer & Gadgets
To win over consumers, manufacturers should build in tactile experience in product designs. A recent study found that the value of a product could be increased by differentiating its tactile impression.
Sep 26, 2022
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Internet
Big tech companies like Google and Facebook parent Meta would have to comply with tough British rules under a new digital watchdog aimed at giving consumers more choice online—or face the threat of big fines.
May 6, 2022
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