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10 reasons why your phone is drained sooner than expected
It happens that the battery life decreases faster than one would expect, even when the device is not particularly stressed during the day. Often, it's not a single specific error but a sum of small influences that gradually accumulate. This article explains what has the greatest impact on battery life, when idle draining occurs, and why this can turn into an issue causing the phone not to last even one day.
Wi-Fi on a plane? Yes, but it works differently than at home
Connecting to the internet during a flight is no longer an exception, but it still doesn't work as you're used to at home. In-flight Wi-Fi depends on the technology used, the type of aircraft, and network congestion, and paying for access doesn't always mean fast connection. In this article, we'll explain how in-flight internet works, why it can be slow, and when you can rely on it.
On this site you can test your internet connection for free.
We recommend you to lower or stop all other internet activities during the test. In other cases the test results are less precise.
Outputs of this test:
- download broadband speed test - what speed are data from the testing server downloaded by
- upload speed - what speed are data to the testing server uploaded by
- web ping - the time needed to send and receive a small amount of data, quite similar to regular ping, but tested by a TCP packet through the HTTP service
How do Internet speed measurements work?
From the user’s perspective, everything is simple. In the web browser, click on the measurement button and wait. Before starting the speed test, it is important to deactivate all tasks, applications and devices that could use the capacity to connect to the Internet. The results would be affected by that and you would not find out anything, or the conclusions would not have the required notification value.
The technical solution and the background of the speed test itself are complex, but to explain it in a few words and very simplistically, the test simulates a situation in which you download or upload data. The measured values are calculated depending on the speed of these transmission. You can test the speed of up to 30 test servers located in geographically different locations.
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12 steps to prepare a child for their first phone
A first mobile phone can make a child's communication and daily orientation easier, but it also opens topics that are good to address in advance. These include safety, sharing, communication, or screen time. How to prepare a child for their first phone so that they use it safely, calmly, and wisely?
Autonomous vehicles around the world: How close are we to regular driverless operation?
Cities around the world are seeing an increase in autonomous vehicles as part of their transportation systems. However, their reliability varies significantly by region. We will explore where this technology is already commonly transporting passengers and what autonomous driving means in practice today.
Introducing Auracast - the biggest advancement in Bluetooth listening in recent years
Listening to a movie or playlist on multiple headphones has always been difficult. Auracast offers the ability to play the same audio to multiple people without pairing or special accessories. It can be used at home with TV, on trips, and in places with poorly audible announcements. In the article, we will show how this innovation works in practice and when we will start encountering it regularly.