‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners

From loyalty cards, to restaurant meal deals or simply parking your car – it is harder and harder to get by without signing up to a multitude of apps

Testing of smartphone apps that identify plants shows most are not very good

A trio of botanists, two from the University of Galway's School of Natural Science and the third from the University of Leeds' School of Geography, has found via testing that most smartphone apps that identify plants are inaccurate. In their study, reported in PLOS ONE, Neil Campbell, Karen Bacon and Julie Peacock downloaded and tested six of the most common plant-identifying apps.

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Shuvankar Mukherjee on Twitter

“Mobile Phones CAN'T .. A) take body temperature B) test for presence of a #virus C) test for viral load of any infected person. D) test for antibody presence. So STOP FOOLING PEOPLE in the name of #SmartPhoneApps meant only for #Surveillance.”

Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret

Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is.

Smartphones enlisted in the war against tuberculosis

Smartphones enlisted in the war against tuberculosis