One month, 114,000 petitions and countless bashing blogs later, opposition against the cell phone unlocking ban has gained support from the Obama administration according to USA Today Since the announcement of the cell phone unlocking ban, which became effective Jan. 26, more than 114,000 enraged consumers and organizations, including some electronics recyclers, have added their…
2013 is progressively becoming the year of the hacker. The main target of these hackings? Smartphones. Consumers are constantly voicing their wants of a smaller, thinner device with more storage space to make their lives a little easier. In reality, the shrunken screens and huge storage space are making hackers lives easier, too! Since smartphones,…
Apparently e-waste isn’t all bad! Organizations around the nation are coming together to support a federal e-waste bill that could create more than $1 billion in payroll for 42,000 new jobs for the U.S. economy. The purpose of the federal e-waste bill is to reintroduce and reform the current bans set forth in the Responsible…
As industry leaders congregate at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) to discuss pressing issues facing the mobile market, bring your own device (BYOD) is clearly a top priority. Organizations that have already implemented BYOD programs for their employees have been running into a number of problems, primarily how to handle data security and mobile asset…
Household junk drawers have quickly become cell phone graveyards as consumers constantly upgrade their electronics for newer models. A survey provided by Market Watch found that more than half of US consumers are stashing two or more unused cell phone in their homes. This hoarding habit results in a potential $34 billion in electronics recycling…
Let’s face it, once a new iPhone or Blackberry comes to market, consumers are drawn to toss the old device in the junk drawer and pick up an upgrade right away. This “out with the old, in with the new” attitude results in consumers hoarding about $34 billion in old cellphones, according to a survey…
