Month: August 2014

Lisa Jackson, vice president of environmental initiatives at worldwide tech giant, Apple, says the company will prohibit the use of benzene and n-hexane in the assembly of its electronics used in overseas factories during the final stages of iPhone production. Benzene: A carcinogen associated with leukemia N-hexane: Workers who are exposed to high concentrations in …

Apple improves design for disassembly with ban of two toxic chemicals Read More »

Stop by Booth 209 at WBDC’s Entrepreneurial Women’s Conference (EWC) on 9/17 in Chicago to learn more about HOBI International’s IT and mobile asset management solutions. Who is WBDC? The Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) is a one of a kind non-profit focused on fueling the economy through entrepreneurship. As the oldest, largest and most …

HOBI to exhibit at WBDC’s EWC Read More »

A recent enterprise mobility survey commissioned by Oracle found that mobile-related IT expenses are expected to grow by more than 50 percent in two years. Unfortunately, security and integration remain issues of concern. Survey respondents included 414 IT management executives from around the world, including CIOs, CTOs, senior vice presidents or vice presidents, directors or …

Survey: Enterprise mobile spending spikes, data security struggles Read More »

According to Resource Recycling, the federal government is assessing its progress on electronics management and has indicated it is continuing studies in several e-scrap-related areas, including an evaluation at how the e-Stewards and R2 certification standards are being implemented. The goal of the study, lead by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other federal …

R2 Certification Under Government Assessment Read More »

September 9 is the golden date. Apple is expected to release a pair of larger iPhones running faster, “A8” processors: one with a 4.7-inch screen, and one 5.5 inches; this compares with a 4-inch display on the iPhone 5S. What else sets the iPhone 6 apart? #1 Supersize Oh the precious phablet (part phone-part tablet) …

And the iPhone 6 release date is… Read More »

Jane, your valued employee, desperately wants to incorporate her personal smartphone into the company life. As a good employee does, Jane has come up with some solid arguments to convince you that BYOD is what’s best for the company. If a BYOD policy for your company is something you are simply not ready for, here …

5 counter BYOD arguments: For Employers Read More »

What’s more valuable, equipment or data? Your intangible assets may be your most precious. If a laptop is stolen, lost or on its way to be recycled, it is common to worry about the replacement value. Right off the bat, not much thought goes into replacing data or the simplicity of data recovery; the reason …

Delete does not mean ‘gone forever’ Read More »

A simple search on Apple’s forums will show a common trend that a lot of iPhone and iPad owners are having problems charging their device. Is it the charger? Is it the phone? If your iPhone or iPad isn’t charging properly or has stopped charging all together, before blaming the cable or phone, check the …

Use a WHAT to fix iPhone charging problems? Read More »

A prominent victory for electronics recycling and refurbishment as the Senate recently passed the cell phone unlocking bill. This back-and-forth, year and a half long debate on how to upend the Librarian of Congress’ 2012 decision to ban cell phone unlocking has thankfully settled in favor of bulk unlocking. The final version of the Unlocking …

UNLOCKED! But, how long will cell phone unlocking bill last? Read More »