Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent data center, IoT and mobile related news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 11/26-11/30. Trade wars are making Americans more cautious this holiday season A new NerdWallet survey, conducted by the Harris Poll, reveals that many Americans will be taking extra precaution with their holiday purchases…
Mobile security is at the top of every company’s worry list these days and for good reason. Nearly all workers now routinely access corporate data from smartphones, and that means keeping sensitive info out of the wrong hands can be an increasingly difficult task. That said, when the average cost of a corporate data breach…
We may still think of it as an emerging technology, but to the U.S. local government, the Internet of Things (IoT) is just about everywhere you could imagine. According to a survey data from the 2018 Digital Cities survey, a Center for Digital Government project, 92 percent of cities participating in the program said they…
5G is the newest mobile network and is scheduled to officially roll out in 2020 (but no doubt you’ll see a few deployments in 2019). One main characteristic that sets this network apart from 3G and 4G is the fact that it will use different radio frequencies than the older models and therefore will require…
According to a new NerdWallet survey, conducted by the Harris Poll, of the predicted 93 percent of Americans that plan to make purchases this holiday season, 44 percent will be comparing prices of products more closely due to the current trade war with China. Tariffs have dominated business and economic news throughout 2018. In an…
Before we start in on Thanksgiving festivities, provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent mobile security and green energy related news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 11/19-11/21. Your old smartphone has now been deemed a security risk The old smartphones that you have yet to part with, and do nothing but act…
During this time of gratitude, HOBI International Inc. wishes you and your loved ones a happy Thanksgiving day. And with America Recycles Day still fresh on our minds, we also kindly ask that you take the initiative to continue to recycle responsibly during all of your holiday festivities. To help you start off your holiday…
A series of reports conducted by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), show that as more technology companies commit to renewable energy, the more they are increasingly driving green power adoption. In fact, tech companies are becoming the number one buyer of green energy. And with the IoT taking over, experts see the renewable purchasing trend…
The old phones that you have shoved in the back of your desk draw may not seem like a security threat but the Trump Administration thinks otherwise. Due to the possibility of underhanded Chinese recyclers and manufacturers getting their hands on U.S. electronic waste, the Administration expressed fears in a draft rule that these recyclers…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent data security, scrap imports and recycling related news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 11/12-11/16. Researchers discover security flaw in widely used data storage devices Researchers from the University of Radboud University in the Netherlands have discovered widely used data storage devices equipped with self-encrypting drives…
America Recycles Day, a Keep America Beautiful national initiative, is the only nationally-recognized day dedicated to promoting and celebrating recycling in the United States. Each year, on and in the weeks leading into Nov. 15, thousands of communities across the country participate by promoting environmental citizenship and taking action to increase and improve recycling efforts…
Researchers at the University of Waterloo are one step closer towards creating smart devices that do not require the use of batteries or require charging. These battery-free objects, which feature an IP address for internet connectivity, are known as Internet of Things (IoT) devices. If an IoT device can operate without a battery, it lowers…
Scrap buyers in China greatly reduced their purchases from other parts of the world in September, with the largest contributing factor likely to be the tariffs that China’s government placed on several scrap commodities shipped from the United States, as part of the seemingly omnipresent trade dispute. Statistics issued by the General Administration of Customs of…
Researchers at Radboud University in the Netherlands have discovered that widely used data storage devices with self-encrypting drives do not provide the expected level of data protection. This is due to a malicious expert with direct physical access to widely sold storage devices with the ability to bypass existing protection mechanisms and access the data…
This Veterans Day 2018 is especially significant, as it marks the 100th anniversary of when the armistice began which ended World War I – at 11:00 am on November 11, 1918. Congress first passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance and in 1938, Nov. 11 became a national holiday. Unlike Memorial Day, Veterans…