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Technology: Smart ways to save mobile data, costs

Local consumers are increasingly reliant on the Internet for news and entertainment, spending most of their waking hours glued to the screen - over 12 hours on average, according to a survey last year. PHOTO: ST FILE
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Local consumers are increasingly reliant on the Internet for news and entertainment, spending most of their waking hours glued to the screen - over 12 hours on average, according to a survey last year.

But staying connected has its costs, so find ways to keep the mobile phone bill in check.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on September 02, 2018, with the headline Technology: Smart ways to save mobile data, costs. Subscribe