A bloody decade of the iPhone
Ten years ago the first iPhone went on sale. The iconic product not only profoundly altered the world of gadgets, but also of consumption and tall corporate profit; this world would be impossible without the…
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SACOM video “Apple: Student Interns or Disposable Labour?”
Students and Academics Against Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) is calling for a Global Action Day to End Apple’s iSlavery. With cooperation from GoodElectronics, SACOM has published a documentary animation on the mistreatment of Chinese student…
America’s green electronics standards have been taken over by the manufacturers
Motherboard wrote: “We all know it’s not easy to repair a Samsung Galaxy S8. How is it possible this phone earned a “gold” rating from the nonprofit Green Electronics Council under its Electronic Product Environmental…
The silence of Apple in China sets a dangerous precedent
The New York Times reported that Apple pulled down several VPN apps from its Chinese App Store. These apps are programs that allow iPhone users to bypass the Chinese government’s censorship apparatus. Apple’s silence may be tactical;…
OLED will bring a brighter future to LG Display
With the technology having boosted its TV business, LG is now also in the field of smartphones Apple will switch from LCD to OLED panels for it’s next generation iPhones. These new phones will be…
How many smartphones are thrown away every day?
In just 10 years, more than 7 billion smartphones have been produced. Greenpeace pulled the stats to show how our consumption habit is affecting our planet. Can you guess how many smartphones are thrown away…
Who will clean up Silicon Valley’s E-wasteland?
Capitalandmain.nl published the article of Julianne Tveten: Who Will Clean Up Silicon Valley’s E-wasteland? She writes about the conditions that contribute to the production of e-waste, about the solutions and who is most responsible for reaching a…
Is Apple really providing learning opportunities to its employees?
A new investigative report disclosing Apple’s interns abuses will be published by SACOM soon. To demand Apple Inc. to stop abusing students and end labour informalization, please like and share SACOM’s animation and join the…
Over 55.000 people sign petition to ban toxic chemicals in electronic supply chains
Over 55.000 people signed the petition ‘COMPLICIT: Demand Apple and Samsung Protect Workers from being Poisoned’. The documentary ‘Complicit’ tells the stories of workers who suffer from reproductive illnesses and aggressive forms of cancer due…
Greenpeace and iFixit present product repair guide
E-waste is a growing problem and electronic companies are contributing to it because it is getting increasingly complex to repair mobile devices. Together with iFixit, Greenpeace ranked 40 different smartphones, tablets and laptops based on…