Apple adding donations to its Earth Day recycling initiatives

Apple is adding a donation element to its recycling initiatives. The company announced that for every device received at Apple stores and Apple.com/ca through the Apple GiveBack program from now through April 30, the company will make a donation to the non-profit Conservation International.

As part of its ongoing recycling effort, the company also debuted Daisy, a robot that can more efficiently disassemble iPhone to recover valuable materials. Daisy can disassemble 200 iPhones an hour. Both Apple GiveBack and Daisy support Apple’s commitment to create a healthier planet through innovation — and help the company move a step closer to its goal of making its products using only recycled or renewable materials.

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For Earth Day, Dell is vowing to help end plastic pollution

As Earth Day approaches, Dell is reflecting on its collective impact and the many resources and materials the earth provides that enable them to do what they do as a technology company. This year’s Earth Day theme is dedicated to ending plastic pollution, something Dell has been working towards for the last decade through sustainable design and circular thinking.

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LinkedIn hits 100 million downloads on Android

A lot of people seem to be using LinkedIn on their Android devices… or at least they’ve installed the social network on their devices. The app has been installed by over 100 million Google accounts, some of these we must note are a result of being pre-installed on devices like the Moto G5S Plus. It’s admittedly not a light app to have on your device with 89MB you need to install it but it does have a 1MB LinkedIn Lite version, if you’re interested. Do you use LinkedIn? Is this something you find useful?

Source: Android Police

Google Chrome finally mutes autoplaying videos by default

Back in December, Google was testing out the ability to mute autoplaying videos on its Chrome browser. Now in Google Chrome 66 version, this feature goes live for users on both the desktop and mobile apps. Chrome will now automatically block these videos from autoplaying. As for those that are set to autoplay without sound, those will continue to play in the background. Another exception is for sites where you have “previously shown an interest in media on the site.” So, if you use YouTube a lot, expect autoplaying videos from there to start playing.

Source: Mashable