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Text: On our laptops, we’re used to being able to install anything we want. We download an app from the web, double-click that bad boy, and install it. In recent years, Microsoft or Apple may warn us against installing something outside of their stores, but they won’t stop us. On our phones, however, t...

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Text: When Google first appeared, putting a keyword into Google Search returned pages that you could be certain contained the word exactly as is. It was a straight-forward, predictable way to search the web, but it meant that people who were less experienced with Google may struggle to get their querie...

Text: 1.5 million people are injured in traffic accidents on EU roads each year. Of those, 30,000 people lose their lives. Many of those deaths could have been prevented, had faster action been taken. According to a Swedish study cited by the European Commission, of the preventable fatalities, 5% of th...

Text: To watch YouTube videos from my phone, which is where I find them, on my TV, which is where I want to watch them, I’ve long since thrown up my hands and given up using the Cast function of the app. Every time I do, the video shows in 480p, even though I have a fiber connection on which YouTube ne...