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Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Popular free iPhone and Android apps have a hidden cost - check your settings now
Android and iPhone users could find that their data is running low each month due to 10 popular apps. Unless you have an unlimited data plan, you'll need to keep a close eye on how much you are getting through each month. Adding one-off bolt-ons to accounts can be hugely expensive, and running out means no access to vital services such as WhatsApp, Google Maps or email when away from Wi-Fi. If you constantly find yourself with no data in the bank at the end of the month, there could be a very simple reason why. According to the team at TRG Datacenters, we are all ploughing through more data than ever, with the average phone user now consuming over 11GB per month - that's a 40% increase from just two years ago. As you might expect, the biggest drain is apps - especially those that show video content. TRG Datacenters has now revealed its top 10 list of applications that will munch through that monthly allowance, and YouTube comes out on top. This popular video platform is then followed by Twitch, Snapchat, TikTok, Threads and Netflix. It's probably no surprise to hear that content streaming platforms are the worst offenders, but TRG Datacenters also says that many apps - including YouTube - are also munching through data when not being used. "The mobile app that uses the most data is YouTube, with 69.4K megabytes per hour, and over 90% of it is spent on background usage," TRG Datacenters explained. It is easy to turn off background usage of any app in the settings, and it's definitely worth considering if you find you keep running out. Here are the top 10 apps for data based on average user usage. Twitch Snapchat TikTok Threads Netflix Instagram Facebook Telegram Pinterest As a guide, if you have a data plan with 1GB of usage, it would take less than 2 hours of high-quality YouTube streaming to run out. Speaking about the study, a spokesperson from TRG Datacenters said: 'People often don't realise that the apps eating up their data plans aren't necessarily the ones they're actively using. "Background data consumption has become a hidden drain on mobile plans, with many popular apps continuously syncing content, updating feeds, and preloading videos even when you're not looking at your phone. T "his creates a particularly frustrating scenario for users on limited data plans who find themselves hitting their monthly caps despite feeling like they haven't been streaming that much content, when in reality, their apps have been quietly consuming data around the clock.' Both Android and iPhone devices let you check data usage and which apps are the worst offenders so it's worth checking to see what's been chewing through your allowance as it could save you buying more data.
Associated Press
6 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Tallvine Partners Acquires TRG Datacenters and Launches Digital Infrastructure Platform
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 4, 2025-- Tallvine Partners ('Tallvine'), an independent investment advisor focused on value-add middle-market infrastructure opportunities, today announced the acquisition of TRG Datacenters ('TRG'), a Houston-based digital infrastructure platform servicing enterprise, hosting, cloud, and AI customers. Tallvine's investment and partnership will enable TRG's next phase of growth, including a planned expansion of its Houston campus and entry into additional Texas and U.S. metro markets. The company will remain focused on consistently supporting retail and wholesale colocation customers across all industries while enabling next-generation colocation workloads such as AI inferencing. TRG currently owns and operates a fault-tolerant data center in Houston, which has achieved 100 percent uptime since its delivery in 2018. The facility serves more than 150 local and national retail colocation and wholesale customers and has experienced substantial growth over the past five years, fueled by its differentiated fully managed colocation service offering: Colo+. To meet surging demand from enterprise, hosting, cloud, and AI customers, TRG is preparing to break ground on an up-to-24-megawatt (MW) expansion at its Houston campus, adding both air and liquid-cooled data center capacity. Building on the success of its industry-leading service offering, TRG is also targeting key neighboring metro markets for its next phase of expansion. 'Our priority has always been delivering reliable infrastructure paired with high-quality customer service,' said Chris Hinkle, CEO of TRG Datacenters. 'We are excited to partner with the Tallvine team as they share our long-term vision and commitment to building the right way. With their support, we'll continue to scale and further strengthen our platform, all while preserving the operational discipline and responsiveness that our customers value.' 'TRG's success to date, driven by its market-leading Colo+ service offering and its proven ability to support both traditional and AI-driven workloads, makes it a strong foundation for continued platform growth and multi-market expansion,' said Mark Clark, Partner at Tallvine Partners. 'We are thrilled to work with Chris and the TRG team as they enter this next phase of growth.' 'Tallvine is methodically expanding and diversifying its portfolio across key focus sectors. TRG is our second platform closed in 2025 and reflects our strong conviction in the growth of digital infrastructure, fueled by accelerating digitalization and AI adoption across various end markets,' said Thomas Lefebvre, CEO and Partner at Tallvine Partners. 'We are excited to join forces with the TRG team and look forward to supporting TRG as they scale, applying Tallvine's proven playbook of building best-in-class middle-market infrastructure platforms alongside exceptional management teams.' About Tallvine Partners Tallvine Partners is an independent investment advisor focused on investing in value-add middle-market infrastructure opportunities. Based in Miami, FL, and led by partners Thomas Lefebvre, Chucri Hjeily, Mark Clark and Victor Sosa, Tallvine focuses on middle-market infrastructure opportunities across the energy and utilities, transportation and logistics, and communications sectors in North America. Tallvine seeks to invest in target sectors by leveraging the firm's strong and cohesive partnership, its experience building, enhancing and divesting platforms, its ability to identify and empower management teams, its wide-reaching network of experts, and the pattern recognition its four partners have developed investing through two decades of business cycles in each of the firm's target sectors. About TRG Datacenters TRG Datacenters is a Houston, TX-based data center owner and operator serving enterprise, cloud and hosting, and AI-driven customers with high-performance colocation solutions, including its fully managed colocation service offering, Colo+. Since 2018, TRG has delivered scalable data center infrastructure with 100% uptime and a customer-first approach. The company's state of the art flagship Houston facility supports mission-critical workloads and is expanding to meet growing demand for local and national enterprise and AI compute. TRG plans to expand its footprint into additional Texas and U.S. metro markets in the coming years. View source version on CONTACT: Media Contact: Kelsey Nevius, Edelman Smithfield [email protected] (309) 531-9211 KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA FLORIDA TEXAS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DATA MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING NETWORKS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOURCE: Tallvine Partners Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 08/04/2025 11:16 AM/DISC: 08/04/2025 11:17 AM
