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%. And if you know how to fix something we don’t, take a few pictures and start a repair guide of your own. greentech PC refurbishment mobile phone repair reuse smartphones iFixit' Send Us Your Repair Information!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 9, 2007

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.

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