ChisMyths

Although we now live in a modern and advanced era, there are still numerous doubtful urban myths that lurk their way into our lives... like Bigfoot, Santa, the Men in Black... 

your Prince Charming...

 

Tech Myths however, are FAR more believable... that I'm pretty sure a lot of you have become accustomed in believing.

So how many of these tech myths did you believe in?

 

 Paranoid pa more

Myth: The government can track down your cellphones or smartphones even when its off.

Fact: FALSE

Unfortunately, none of the websites repeating this paranoid belief cite a single concrete, documented case of phone-off tracking for one good reason: Because it’s impossible. Any signal requires power to transmit.

Yes, there are a lot of gizmos that other people can use to hound you down, but cellphones or smartphones can only transmit or receive GPS signals when they're on.

Apps are Kryptonite

Myth: Smartphones can multitask but multiple apps operating in the background drain your smartphone’s battery. So it's better to close other running apps.







Fact: Well it's actually TRALSE- mostly true and mostly untrue. See, varying smartphone operating systems aren’t created equal, making this myth tough to break down. 

But through research, I found out that this is true in Android and BlackBerry 10; but mostly false in iOS and Windows Phone 8.
 

Cellphone=Cancer

Myth: Cellphones emit radio frequency energy and, by prolonged use and extended time, it can cause certain types of cancer. 

Fact: FALSE. While many scientific papers have given a scary link between cellphone radiation and cancer, not a single one has proved any actual cause-and-effect correlation. 

In fact, health reports have shown that since 1991, the number of minutes spent talking on a cellphone has risen sixfold, but the number of brain cancer cases has dropped by nearly half. Science and statistics simply do not back up the cell cancer scare.

...but of course, I'm talking about CELLPHONES and not smartphones. *bwahaha*

Don't Leave Me

Myth: Leaving your phone plugged in will damage the batteries.

Fact: FALSE. If you're as lazy as most people, I'm pretty sure that you'd leave your phone charging overnight. 

Some used to say this would hurt your phone's battery life, but in fact, there's no proof that this damages your phone’s battery in any way. 
Most smartphones run on lithium-ion batteries, which are smart enough to stop charging when they’ve reached capacity. 

*NOTE: I'm now talking about smartphones. For the folks who are still using traditional handsets, like I am, please love Mommy Earth and don't leave your phones plugged in.*

I'm  Not Dead Yet!

Myth: Don't charge your phone unless it's almost dead. 

Fact: This is another myth about lithium-ion batts. It's not actually harmful to plug your phone in before the battery is drained — in fact, it may be better for your battery.

Batteries have a limited number of charge cycles before they lose their ability to hold a charge.

The reason your phone’s battery life diminishes as it gets older is because it’s already used up many of its cycles, not because you’re plugging it in when the battery is already half full. 

 

My Baby Shut Me Down

Myth: *My cousin always stresses this one* You shouldn't shut down your computer everyday.

Fact: FALSE. It's actually good to turn off your computer regularly.

Yes, it's easier to put your laptop to sleep or hibernate mode to make it accessible whenever you need it. But, Lifehacker pointed out that shutting it down when unused not only conserves power, but also puts less stress in its components which makes it last longer.

...so... sorry, cuz.

Uh...

 Myth: Laptops on your lap will make you sterile.

Fact: If you hadn't notice, I couldn't put a title cause this, for me, is like the weirdest by far. Still, my mom used to believe this... so... yeah.

This probably started when conclusions of a study by Argentinian researchers — “that keeping a laptop connected wirelessly to the Internet on the lap near the testes may result in decreased male fertility” — were widely reported in the mainstream media.

They did, however, freely admit in their study’s conclusion that their results were “speculation” and that “further in vitro and in vivo studies are needed to prove this contention.”Not only was the researchers’ methodology questioned by other scientists, but their results were deemed impossible. In their rebuke, a pair of French cancer researchers sternly noted “genotoxicity of radio frequencies is not a matter of opinion: Radio frequency energy absorption cannot break DNA molecules.”

So it's totally, definitely, FALSE.



In the bottom-line, don't believe  EVERYTHING you were told... 'cause, trust me, this would only result in unnecessary speculations and irrational paranoia.