5 Tech Myths Busted

Tech Myths You Should Stop Believing

• Myth- You can't take good photos unless your camera has a lot of megapixels.

Fact:  Despite being one of the most commonly held beliefs about digital photography, a photo's quality  is determined by many more factors than mega pixels. Like a camera’s lens,circuitry and sensor - not to mention your mastery of lighting,composition and the camera’s controls - are far more important factors.

• Myth- Using a cellphone at a petrol station is a fire risk.

Fact:  Petroleum gas is flammable and it can be ignite by spark and probably spark will come from matches,lighters etc. but not from your mobile phone. The fear is that a faulty phone or battery will cause a spark but there is not a single verified incidence of this happening.

• Myth- Magnets will erase your data.

Fact:  You’d need a really big magnet, and even then it would only affect certain types of data storage.  Solid state drives(SSD) such as thumb drives, for example, are safe. Hard disk drives, like those on your computer, are at risk but only from really powerful magnets, like those used in MRI machines or other specialized equipment.

• Myth- Leaving your phone plugged in destroys the battery             

Fact: If you’re like most people, you probably leave your phone plugged in overnight long after the battery is fully charged. 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. Modern smart phones run on lithium-ion batteries, which are smart enough to stop charging when they’ve reached capacity.

• Myth-  Macs can't get viruses.

Fact: Yes they can get affected. Malware such as Trojan  horses  could affect Mac OS X operating systems in the same way as windows. Macs are not immune to virus.This is because the virus has to be specially designed for mac but most targeted businesses tend to use windows. So macs are not immune but have less chance of getting virus.