A kill switch allows users to disable their devices if they are lost or stolen. The kill switch must render the device inoperable for the following features: the ability to use the device for voice communications and the ability to connect to the Internet, including the ability to access and use mobile software applications commonly …
Piles and piles of old cell phones can actually make a beautiful picture. One dozen school children in Melbourne, Australia gathered together with more than 7,000 smashed, broken, water-damaged cell phones to raise awareness about the perils of e-waste. Four hours late, the masterpiece was finished! More than140,000,000 mobile phones go to the landfill each …
This may be the Winter Olympics, but it has so far been the greenest in history, as Sochi, Russia successfully puts itself on the map for being carbon neutral. We’re right in the middle of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Despite the amusing tweets of lodging conditions by athletes and the media, Sochi …
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The grass isn’t always greener on the other side, especially for Apple. The Apple’s iPad line seems to be dwindling in the departments of not only design for disassembly, but eco-friendliness as well. The design for disassembly issue is of interest to mobile asset disposition and management experts, like HOBI International, who also incorporate refurbishment …
What would you compromise for your tablet? A software company recently did a survey with 400 sales professionals, both lower and upper management, across a variety of industries. Their findings will definitely amuse, but I’m sure some of of you can relate! Half of salesmen respondents would rather go without underwear than lose their tablet …
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Nearly a quarter of employees who contributed to a survey believe in the “whatever happens, happens” theory and take absolutely no responsibly for data security on their mobile devices, leaving their company to pick up the tab Did you know the average value of a lost or stolen laptop is $49,246 and only 2% of …
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Just because you are done using your IT and mobile assets does not mean they are useless. Reducing the cost of IT is among the top three business priorities for CIOs as IT asset cost optimization becomes a growing concern. Mismanaged and irresponsibly disposed IT equipment could lead to significant costs for IT procurement professionals. …
The EPA reports that over 112,000 computers are discarded every single day, in the U.S. alone. That’s 41.1 million desktops and laptop computers per year. You threw your computer away? Oh, don’t worry! Who would be able to hack, let alone be interested in hacking, your most sensitive data? WRONG! Don’t let your digital secrets …
Before there were iPhones, there was HOBI HOBI is known the world over for its innovative IT asset management and electronics recycling processes, as well as a clean track record for data security. As a bootstrap start-up, HOBI International began operations in Chicago in February 1992. The company later incorporated in Illinois in September 1992 …
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