Over the last 20 years, various states have tried to establish lasting right-to-repair bills, which advocates for the right for consumers to fix the electronics and other items they own. Due to unique state regulations, each bill has slight differences, but most generally follows a model bill published by Consumer Reports, a nonprofit organization dedicated…
Yesterday, Apple kicked off the first day of the annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) event at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA. The week-long event provides a space where developers can attend sessions and meet with over 1,000 Apple engineers. And for some, the WWDC can be even more exciting than the company’s…
When we think of 5G technology, the first thing that typically comes to mind are smartphone devices. But 5G isn’t just about lower latency and faster capabilities for your phone. Alongside bringing advanced features to smartphones, the new network will also be ushering in a wave of new technology that will help power the future.…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent electronic recycling, technology and battery related news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 4/22-4/26. Apple boosts global recycling program Last week, Apple released a press release announcing major expansions to their global recycling programs to include Best Buy stores in the U.S. and KPN locations in…
As people still come to terms with last week’s devastating fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, stories about how the blaze was tackled are continuing to emerge. Around 500 firefighters made their way to the 850-year-old Gothic structure when the alarm sounded at around 6:30 p.m. local time on April 15, but when…
Recent news reports serve as cautionary tales of poor product design and lax physical security that indicate software, AI, and the push for digital transformation can’t solve all our of problems. As companies rush to refashion themselves for the digital age, recent news on the breakdown of Samsung’s Galaxy Fold device and the USB Killer…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent mobile, technology and electronic recycling related news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 4/01-4/05. Apple faces another import ban in one of many battles against Qualcomm The latest chapter in the ongoing and messy Apple versus Qualcomm legal battle involves a U.S. trade judge that has…
For a brief period of time last year, it looked like the PC market was trying to make a recovery from the downward spiral it was traveling. After seven straight years of decline, PC and tablet shipments finally began to edge back up last year. In fact, the first quarter of 2018 showed promising signs…
Provided is a weekly snapshot of the recent 5G technology, laptop and ITAD related news that HOBI’s blog reported during the week 3/18-3/22. 5G wireless technology will bring four distinctive sustainability opportunities 5G is the next generation of wireless data network and it will provide speeds as high as 20-times today’s typical broadband networks. In…
The modern smartphone has become the tech industry’s black hole, absorbing digital music players, point-and-shoot cameras and even many tablets along the way. Aside from the iPad and a handful of budget tablets like Amazon’s Fire HD series, most standalone tablet have largely been subsumed by big-screen phones. And many thought laptops would be the…
Facial recognition may be a relatively new technology, but it is also an innate skill that we’re born with. Having our tech devices mimic our own facial recognition skills provides tremendous new conveniences that streamline our lives. This emerging technology already helps us to unlock our phones and doors, bypass the need to remember passwords…
The concept of wearable smart fabric certainly isn’t anything new or strange. Just a few years back, Google unveiled a series of bold plans for the future of wearable technology which aimed to add smart features to clothing that would give users the ability to perform various tasks on their devices by simply touching the…
You may have heard of the term ‘shadow IT’ buzzing around the tech scene. If you haven’t, ‘shadow IT’ is essentially the usage of unmanaged applications in a business environment. When regular users install and begin using an unauthorized app without the knowledge of IT, this means they are de facto shadow IT. At face…
Deloitte researchers believe that the fifth-generation (5G) mobile network is unlikely to be adopted rapidly, with the technology likely to be relatively niche as far as 2025. The professional services firm’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications Predictions 2019 report, suggests 4G/LTE will remain the predominant mobile communication technology for the foreseeable future – despite the nearing…
Our world is rapidly being transformed by smart devices. And in our daily lives, we’ll begin to see more IoT devices to the point where every practical commonplace item will have some method of connecting to the internet and communicating with other devices. We can already see evidence of such progress in the evolution of…