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.

Android users have a couple extra options, and won't have to do as much fine-tuning to keep pesky apps in check. The first—and best—thing to do is set a data usage limit on your Android.

While background apps may not use your phone's resources on their own, Android phones and iPhones will refresh background apps periodically by default. This uses your phone's battery and your data.

I love Android’s Nearby Share, because it finally—finally—lets you shoot files over to another Android phone, just like iPhone users have been able to do with AirDrop since 2014. I always ...

Over 1,000 Android apps were found to steal your data. Here's what you can do Your privacy may be at stake, even if you deny these apps permission.