Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2010

Most mobile phones and laptop computers use lithium ion rechargeable batteries. Find out where to recycle them at Call2Recycle.org.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 20, 2016

While that's not earth shattering, it is native for mobile and computers both, and it reduces our reliance on our overburdened email. Probably the most amusing mobile story of 2016 was the overnight success of the Nintendo Pokémon Go scavenger hunt mobile app and how nonprofits attempted to use it for a hot minute.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2011

I got to talking last week with Kiera Butler of Mother Jones magazine about the best ways to keep the rechargeable batteries in laptops and mobile phones healthy and long-lived. Dell says that a full life span for a garden-variety lithium-ion laptop battery is 18 to 24 months. How well do you maintain your mobile batteries?

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2014

In the last 10 years, iron ore production has increased by 180%, cobalt by 165%, and lithium by 125%. greentech PC refurbishment mobile phone repair reuse smartphones iFixit' The demand for quicker, thinner gadgets has also increased the demand for raw materials. Because repair is good for you, and it’s good for the planet.

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MARCH 9, 2007

So we are looking at finding batteries that hold a charge for a long period of time, that give people the extended range that they need to do their commuting, and new technology such as the lithium ion battery have the potential to do that, but right now they are very expensive because automakers haven't invested the R&D money into those battery technologies (..)

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