HOW ITS WORKS

SOME SIMPLE TRICKS TO KEEP YOUR LAPTOP BATTERY HEALTHY

1. keep it cool
2. DON'T LEAVE IT FULLY CHARGED
3. PERFORM SHALLOW DISCHARGES
4. FULLY DISCHARGE ONCE A MONTH

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TURN THE LAPTOP OVER AND GENTLY BLOW ON THE BACK FOR 10 TO 15 MINUTES DAILY TO KEEP IT COOL

Excess heat is not only bad for your processor (and your lap), but your battery as well.

A hot battery will degrade in health much quicker than a cool one.

Battery University states that the best way to store your battery is at a cool temperature.

If you store your laptop in 32-55 degree temperatures and use it every day the battery will only lose 4% of its overall charge after 3 months

On the contrary, if you store your laptop in temperatures of 80-100 degrees while using it every day the battery will lose 20-30 percent of its overall charge.

TIP #2 - DON'T LEAVE IT FULLY CHARGED

Have you ever heard of the 40/80 rule?

It applies more towards nickel-based batteries saying that you should keep the charge between 40% and 80%.  

Although, that rule is said to not be directed towards the newer lithium-ion batteries it is still a great guideline.

When possible, keep it in that range to prolong its life as long as you can.

And, if you do charge it to 100%, DON'T LEAVE IT PLUGGED IN. 

This is something most of us do, but it's another thing that will degrade your battery's health.

If you need to charge it overnight, use something like the Belkin Conserve Socket to stop it from charging after it's full. 

TIP #3 - PERFORM SHALLOW DISCHARGES

Instead of discharging to 0% all the time, lithium-ion batteries do best when you discharge them for a little bit, then charge them for a little bit.

A study from Battery University shows that discharges to 50% are better for your battery's long-term life than say, small discharges to 90% or large discharges to 0% (since the 50% discharges provide the best number of cycles-to-usage ratio).

TIP #4 - FULLY DISCHARGE ONCE A MONTH

(THIS MAY SEEM CONTRADICTORY, BUT HEAR US OUT.)

While lithium-ion batteries shouldn't be discharged regularly, most modern batteries are what's known as "smart batteries", which means that they can tell you how long you have until your battery dies (e.g. "2 hours, 15 minutes remaining").

This feature can get miscalibrated after a lot of shallow discharges.

So, manufacturers recommend fully discharging your battery once a month to make sure this stays accurate.

CONCLUSION

Keep these 4 simple tips in mind for the next time you are complaining your battery is dying.

And while you’re thinking of those four tips here are some more little things you can do to prolong your laptop’s battery life:

• Activate battery saver mode.
• Unplug unused items such as hard drives, webcams, or anything using battery power.
• Ensure you have enough RAM.
• Turn down the screen brightness.
• Turn off WiFi and Bluetooth when you don’t need a connection.

There you have it 9 total tips in all to keep your battery life healthy and longer-lasting.

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What is the deep web? 

The deep web is just like it sounds — below the surface and not completely dark.

Search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo are able to search and index websites because of links. They use links to rank search results according to things like relevancy, inbound links, and keywords. Regular browsers search the so-called “surface web,” but that’s where the search stops.

For instance, if you wanted to search a public library catalog to find a book, you couldn’t type the title into your browser’s search bar and expect Google to return a meaningful result for your library. That level of information would be located in the deep web.

The reason search engines can’t return this data to you is because there are no links. (Search engines crawl the internet by visiting one web page, then the links on that page, and then the links on subsequent pages.)

Instead, you would have to go to the public library’s website and use a search bar inside the website to locate this data on the library’s servers.

This kind of information is all over the internet. Almost every time you search internally on a website, you’re accessing deep web content.

What’s on the deep web?

The deep web holds the content that’s invisible to search engines. Here are a few examples of what’s on the deep web:

• The content of your personal email accounts
• The content of your social media accounts
• The content of your online banking accounts
• Data that companies store on their private databases
• Content contained within scientific and academic databases
• Medical records
• Legal documents

A lot of what exists on the deep web consists of information that you probably wouldn’t want to turn up in a web search — like your checking account information — because it’s private and could be misused.

A rule of thumb: If you have to log in to one of your accounts by providing a user name, password, or some other type of authentication, the information you access is on the deep web.

That’s a good thing. The deep web can help protect your personal information and privacy.