Month: September 2014

Apple is developing a larger iPad, the ‘iPad Pro,’ with a 12.9-inch display and plans to begin manufacturing early next year, according to Bloomberg. Apple’s existing iPads, the Air and the mini, have 9.7- and 7.9-inch displays. So far, tablets with larger displays haven’t gained all that much traction, but Apple likely doesn’t want to be …

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This is not a ‘phad.’ Phone/tablet hybrids, or phablets, are on pace to out ship PCs this year and tablets next year, according to a forecast from International Data Corp (IDC). The rise of phablets and consumers’ willingness to hang on to their current devices are slowing down the tablet market, says IDC, who further …

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A U.K.-based glass recycling company battling the CRT crisis is bringing its smelting technology to the U.S. for the first time. With an air pollution permit in place, U.K.-based CRT glass recycling firm, Nulife Glass, says it plans to build and operate a leaded glass smelting furnace at a facility in Dunkirk, New York. Lead …

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During 2014, American K-12 schools will spend an estimated $9.94 billion on educational technology, an increase of 2.5 percent over last year, with Apple’s iPad being the number one tool for students. However, it’s still unclear whether the tablet is the device best suited to the classroom. A study was done at a Hillsborough, New …

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Apple is reportedly applying its “go big or go home” attitude to not only the iPhone 6, but its iPad also! The company is developing a larger iPad, ‘iPad Pro,’ with a 12.9-inch display it plans to begin manufacturing early next year, according to Bloomberg Apple’s existing iPads, the Air and the mini, have 9.7- and …

Will enterprises repair older tablets or go for big iPad in 2015? Read More »

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times – erase your phones or accept the consequences! But there are other devices harboring sensitive data that we don’t really talk about. For example, printers. Modern copy machines and printers have a similar hard drive to those found in PCs and laptops and store …

The data erasure process you never hear about. Printers. Read More »