Apple announced the official date of its annual September event earlier today, September 12. The event will be the first to take place at Apple’s revamped Cupertino, CA headquarters in the Steve Jobs Theater. The main device anticipated to be revealed at the September event is Apple’s newest smartphone, the iPhone 8. This device marks …
Dallas Business Journal released their annual list of the largest north Texas women-owned businesses this week. HOBI International, Inc. ranked third overall, a three-spot increase from 2016’s ranking of sixth place. HOBI has been a Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) for more than 20 years, and continues to support …
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Hiring an IT asset disposition company to dispose of your outdated or unused IT equipment saves an enterprise time and money. In order ensure you choose the most secure IT asset disposition provider, here are three questions to keep in mind. What is your data destruction policy and process? Data security is a hot topic …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 fiasco resulted in the recall of 2.5 million smartphones, and many Samsung users forfeiting their devices. While the recall was an inconvenience for Galaxy Note 7 users, Samsung is now offering a discount on their newest device for customers who purchased a Galaxy Note 7 last year. Samsung is offering a …
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Here is a recap of the HOBI blog for the week of 8/21-8/25 Samsung reveals Galaxy Note 8 Samsung revealed the highly anticipated Galaxy Note 8 device at a conference yesterday. The device’s predecessor, the Galaxy Note 7, experienced a public failure after all devices were recalled due to combusting batteries. Certain e-scrap metals excluded …
Samsung revealed the highly anticipated Galaxy Note 8 device at a conference yesterday. The device’s predecessor, the Galaxy Note 7, experienced a public failure after all devices were recalled due to combusting batteries. The new device has four color options, black, blue, gray and gold, and features an edge-to-edge display, an improved stylus and a …
Last month, Chinese officials alerted the World Trade Organization (WTO) of plans to ban the import of certain waste materials, including common scrap metals and plastics, as part of an initiative against “foreign garbage.” China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) indicated China will still import certain kinds of steel and nonferrous scrap. The MEP published …
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A survey conducted by the Uptime Institute last year indicates enterprise IT budgets are shifting away from focusing on corporate data centers and towards more outsourced services. The Uptime Institute interviewed around 1,000 data center and IT professionals. From these interviews, Uptime found 71 percent of reported assets were contained in enterprise data centers, 20 …
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A report from Cascade Asset Management indicates the used device market has grown within the past two years. The firm reviewed device resale prices for desktop computers and laptops between 2015 and 2017. The firm discovered prices for both laptop and desktop machines increased between 2015 and 2017. The average laptop resale price increased from …
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The number of connected things, from smart cars to household items, is projected to reach 50.1 billion by the year 2020, growing at an overall CAGR of 23.1 percent. Connected device adoption is not only growing among consumers, but in the enterprise as well. More enterprise IT leaders are choosing to incorporate IoT in the …
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