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How to Get Long Life Out of Laptop and Cell Phone Batteries

Tech Soup

Dell says that a full life span for a garden-variety lithium-ion laptop battery is 18 to 24 months. Also it doesn't harm lithium-ion batteries to keep your laptop plugged in to AC power most of the time when you're using it because modern chargers are designed to shut off when the battery is fully charged.

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iFixit’s Basic Phone Repairs that Most of Us Can Do

Tech Soup

In the last 10 years, iron ore production has increased by 180%, cobalt by 165%, and lithium by 125%. And if you know how to fix something we don’t, take a few pictures and start a repair guide of your own. The demand for quicker, thinner gadgets has also increased the demand for raw materials. Send Us Your Repair Information!

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What’s in your social media measurement tool box and why?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Shari warns that there’s a lot of data points to collect,”so choose a few things to monitor or track, and then develop a workflow that will allow you to gain a big picture view. Kami Huyse , Zoetica, points to Lithium , a monitoring and measurement tool. You don’t need the bells and whistles if you’re just starting out.”.

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Interview with Jodie Van Horn of Freedom from Oil and Plug-in Bay Area

Have Fun - Do Good

There is a bigger picture here that we have acknowledged, that we feel if executed properly, there are wide-ranging implications that can help us achieve our commitments to forests, to climate, and to the people that live in those places that are most affected by these types of projects.