At the rate new smartphones are being released it can be difficult to keep up with the latest technology, but what’s becoming even more difficult is the effort it takes to repair a smartphone, especially iPhones. The Right to Repair movement has been very vocal about efforts to get tech giants to provide certain information…
When it comes to sustainability, can you have both durability and recyclability? A research team at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) aims to answer this question. The team recently published a study in the journal Management Science, that looks into the impact of government policies put in place to reduce the amount of…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent technology, IoT, and mobile news that HOBI’s blog reported on during the week 7/30-8/03. Transmitting data as sound waves will be the next transformative move for IoT Forget about tweeting, pretty soon we might all be chirping. Data-over-sound startup, Chirp, believes that transmitting data as sound waves…
It’s about that time of year where we begin to hear new rumors and speculations of what we can expect to hit the smartphone industry by this time next year. And with the Galaxy Note 9 just weeks away from launching, experts are looking at what’s next for South Korean tech giant, Samsung. Rumors say…
With the summer season kicking into high gear people are looking for ways to escape the heat, and for most that means searching out the nearest pool or lake. However, before you take a dive into the water, you better not forget to empty out your pockets of all tech (and non-tech as well) items!…
American researchers believe that they have found a way to extend the usable lifetime of lithium-ion batteries. Most of our electronics are powered using lithium-ion batteries, from smartphones and laptops to electric vehicles and most wearables and let’s face it, since technology is practically unavoidable in our daily lives, battery life of these devices limits…