Consumer awareness of the e-waste threat is rising, according to a recent survey by Pike research.
About 75 percent of the 1,000 Americans surveyed believe that recycling is the most appropriate way to handle unused, broken or obsolete electronics.
But while most agreed that recycling is the answer to the mounting problem, the methods for recycling are [...]
The first ever iPhone worm has attacked cell phones in Australia.
Actually, “attacked” might be a strong description since all the worm does is change the wallpaper background to a picture of Rick Astley with the caption “iKee is never going to give you up” referencing Astley’s hit song “Never gonna give you up.”
The worm only [...]
It looks like October was a busy month for Netflix. Last week, Sony announced that they will enable Netflix live streaming on Playstation 3 video game consoles by November for U.S. users. What’s more, in an effort to rise above the Microsoft Xbox competition, Sony will allow the video streaming at no extra cost.
Xbox already [...]
At YouRenew, we were pretty bummed when Chicago lost to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in the race to host the 2016 Olympics (our co-founder Bob is from Chicago). But after revealing the 2010 gold, silver and bronze medals last week, the International Olympic Committee has completely redeemed itself.
The new medals for the 2010 Vancover [...]
There’s no doubt about it, using your cell phone while driving is a bad habit.
According to the American Automobile Association, people who text while driving are 50 percent more likely to be involved in an accident. It’s probably not a gamble many of us would gladly take, yet many of us can’t seem to keep [...]
A few Thursdays ago, I wrote a post about whether shopping online or shopping in stores was better for the planet. The results were inconclusive; it depends on where you live.
In short: yes it’s better to shop online if you live in the suburbs; but not if you live in the city.
Today I stumbled across [...]
Here at YouRenew.com, we love recycling (in case you hadn’t noticed!).
We also love people who recycle! We know we couldn’t do what we do without a great group of people who care about the planet, so we’re making sure they are recognized.
No matter how small the act, recycling and reuse take commitment. We want to [...]
We all know how wonderful it is to have wireless internet. You can go just about anywhere you please and hang out with your computer. That is, until you realize you still need to be close enough to an outlet to power your laptop. All that wireless for nothing!
Luckily, this problem might not exist [...]
Do you Poken?
It sounds like a silly card game you played in middle school, but it’s actually the slogan for a new tiny networking tool.
A Poken is a small USB device with an animal shaped cover that stores your personal contact information and allows you to swap your information with another Poken owner. The Poken [...]
Apple had their now-annual Rock and Roll event yesterday to premier some of the new products and software they’ve been cooking up in California.
Steve Jobs (he’s back!) talked a great deal about the iPod touch. Who can blame him? Apple has sold over 20 million of them! But the little gadget I was the most [...]
