environment – wirefresh

Phonebloks concept video shows off a phone that never needs replacing

Phonebloks concept video shows off an upgradeable phone that never needs replacing

Thursday, Sep 19, 2013 - by mike s

Now here’s a really, really clever idea – a modular phone that lets you update individual components, so upgrading your phone doesn’t involve wastefully throwing the old one away.

Apple / computing

Greenpeace activists target Apple’s flagship store in London

Thursday, Apr 26, 2012Thursday, Apr 26, 2012 - by Lee J.

Things got lively at Apple’s flagship store in central London yesterday after Greenpeace activists ‘rebranded’ the store, plastering the windows with a poster protesting against the company’s use of coal and dishing …

Apple / business

Apple shamed as the least green tech company

Thursday, Apr 21, 2011Thursday, Apr 21, 2011 - by Lee J.

It’s certainly not turning out to be Apple’s week – just a day after the news broke that its iPhones and iPads were secretly storing location info, Greenpeace has produced …

Apple / computing / Google / Microsoft

Newsweek environmental rankings: Dell and IBM grab the tech honours

Tuesday, Oct 19, 2010Monday, Oct 18, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher - 1 Comment

Newsweek has released their environmental rankings of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in America and the biggest publicly traded companies in developed and emerging world markets.