Month: May 2013

Tablets on Top! For Now.

Tablets are movin’ on up! The forecast shows tablets will surpass laptops this year and outpace the combined PC market by 2015, according to a report from research firm IDC. This years tablet sales are expected to rise significantly compared to last years 144.5 million shipments. 229.3 million worldwide is predicted this year. The surge …

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Motorola Pioneers 1st U.S. Assembled Smartphone in Texas

Turning to the roots of the American consumer, Motorola is singing Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” at the top of its lungs. Motorola Mobility, the handset maker acquired by Google in 2012, soon will begin manufacturing the first smartphone assembled in the U.S.A. – in what better place than – Fort Worth, TX. ‘Moto …

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How Reliable Is Your ITAD Vendor’s Certification?

Your ITAD vendor shows you proof of their “certificate of recycling.” That’s fine, but what does this simple piece of paper really mean? HOBI International is an R2/RIOS certified ITAD company. Complying to all rules and regulations set forth by R2, HOBI customers are rest assured their IT equipment and electronics will be handled responsibly. …

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Eco-friendly Smartphones: Who’s the ‘Greenest?’

Your tablet and smartphone now play a significant part in how green you are! Who has the ‘green’ thumb for smartphones? An article from Digital Trends maps out environmental practices of leading electronics manufactures and scales them from least ‘green’ to most ‘green.’ The main problem tablet and smartphone manufacturers run into is what exactly …

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Chicago O’Hare to Introduce Automated Security Kiosks

Airport kiosks do nearly everything but ride the plane for you! One of Chicago’s primary airports, Chicago O’Hare, is flooded everyday with professionals and families trying to get from point A to point B. Complaints of long security lines have brought about new technology, airport security kiosks. The first airport in the U.S. to introduce …

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Cyber Security Rejuvenated

As the saying goes, it takes one to know one. TrainACE and other IT training companies are taking initiative to teach candidates the ins and outs of cyber security. Their goal? To stop hackers in their tracks with next generation defense techniques. In fact, USA Today reported, “one of the most effective solutions is for …

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HTC Facebook Phone Flop

Apparently consumers didn’t ‘Like’ the HTC First, aka the Facebook phone, enough to make it a hot commodity. Sales dropped within one year from $99 to a whopping 99 cents! According to a CNET article, there were quite a few reasons why the Facebook phone wasn’t a huge success from the get-go: Facebook Home was …

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