If you're facing higher bills or find your data speeds being throttled due to excessive usage, here's what you can do to curb apps using data in the background.

Some apps take advantage of background data. Jack Wallen shows you how to disable this in certain apps and prevent your data from being gobbled up.

Go into your Android phone's Settings, tap on Data Usage, set the duration to match your monthly billing cycle, then toggle the sliders for the limit and warning.

If you're concerned about the apps you use tracking your location on your phone, then this guide will show you how to stop apps from tracking your location.

You can easily turn off data roaming on your Android phone to prevent surcharges. Here's how to do it.

Your phone knows where you are standing or sitting at this moment. Most people know that. How else could you use GPS? While location tracking is essential for directions, it also helps big tech ...

Both iPhones and Android phones have various setting options to avoid your phone's battery being completely drained when you're far from a phone charger.

Location data tracking is prevalent in the tech world to ubiquity, so learning how to control that — in case you need or prefer to — on an Android phone or tablet is important.