Craig Boswell, president of HOBI International, Inc., is contributing to the 2017 ISRI Convention Spotlight on Electronics: The Internet of Things – Mobile Computing panel tomorrow afternoon in New Orleans. Scrap processors are receiving more mobile devices than ever due rapidly increasing adoption of smartphones and tablets as primary computing devices. The increased number of…
Saturday marks the 47th annual Earth Day. Many communities host a variety of Earth Day activities to encourage environmental well-being and education. One way to get involved in the Earth Day celebrations is recycling old electronics that are no longer in use. There are more than 130 million electronic devices discarded annually and only 14…
Reuters reports Apple is coordinating a team to design a new iPhone battery management chip. This news follows Apple’s announcement of plans to design a graphics chip for the iPhone. Designing its own battery management chip could increase iPhone power efficiency and prolong battery usage. A power chip manufactured by Apple could possibly put iPhones…
Malware, ransomware and other viruses are no longer a concern reserved only for desktop and laptop devices. Smartphones and tablets are quickly becoming the main computing device choice among technology users, and malicious sources are targeting these devices to compromise the owner’s personal information. A virus can be downloaded unknowingly from email, unsecure websites, text…
Here is a recap of the HOBI blog for the week of 4/10-4/13 PC shipments see growth for first time in 5 years IDC reports PC shipments increased for the first time in five years last quarter. Global PC shipments grew 0.6 percent during Q1 of 2017. Three ways for maximizing data center operational efficiency…
IDC reports PC shipments increased for the first time in five years last quarter. Global PC shipments grew 0.6 percent during Q1 of 2017. IDC initially estimated the market would decline 1.8 percent during the first quarter. While .06 percent may not seem substantial, PC shipments have continually declined since 2012. “The traditional PC market…