Google’s Chrome browser for Android has a Lite mode option designed to reduce your data usage by using Google’s servers to compress web content before sending it to your device. First introduced in 2014 as Data Saver mode, the name was changed to Lite mode a few years ago. Now Google says it’s retiring the […]
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Lilbits 362: Is a new NVIDIA Shield 2-in-1 on the way?
NVIDIA is best known for making chips, but the company has also dabbled in first-party hardware over the years including the NVIDIA Shield TV and the now-discontinued NVIDIA Shield portable and Shield Tablet K1. So what’s next? I don’t know… but it sure looks like the company is at least preparing for the possibility of […]
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Google’s Datally data-saver app gets daily limits, guest mode, and more
Datally is an Android app designed to help users cut back on data usage by compressing some data before its set to your phone and offering tools for understanding how you’re using data… or block data-hungry apps. Google says users have saved about 21 percent of their mobile data, on average, by using the app. […]
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Samsung Max data-saving app picks up where Opera Max left off (for Samsung phones only)
Comments Off on Samsung Max data-saving app picks up where Opera Max left off (for Samsung phones only)Opera pulled the plug on its Opera Max data saver app last year, but now Samsung says it has a new app designed to replace Opera Max. Like its predecessor, the new Samsung Max app offers a data saving mode and privacy protection feature. But unlike Opera Max, the new app will only be available […]
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Opera Max data saver app pulled from Google Play Store
Opera’s mobile web browser has a data savings feature that lets you optionally have Opera’s servers compress data before sending it to your phone, thus cutting down on your bandwidth usage. A few years ago Opera took the data savings beyond the web browser by introducing Opera Max, an app that lets Android users compress […]
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Google says Chrome for Android can reduce bandwidth by up to 70%
Almost two years ago Google added a data saving feature to its Chrome web browsers for mobile devices, allowing users to route internet traffic through a remote server and compress data before it was sent to a phone. At the time Google said its Data Saver feature could cut a user’s bandwidth by up to 50 […]