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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Honor 10 unveiled in China with dual-camera and notch on display

Another day, another smartphone with a dual-camera and an iPhone X notch. This time, however, we are seeing an iridiscent Twilight finish on the Honor 10, which is from Huawei's sub-brand. Coming to the Chinese market. An interesting about the Honor 10's colour scheme is that it is prismatic and varies in colour between shades of blue, purple and pink. Color as a differentiator when camera and processor specs are more or less the same is catching on.

While one can argue that Huawei and, by extension Honor, have copied some very visible aspects of other popular phones, they are actually leading the industry with this color treatment and on a new smartphone, not a model that was released last year and sprayed with a new coat of paint.

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Apple looking to launch a 'Netflix for news' after its Texture acquisition

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Hoping to replicate the success of Apple Music, Apple is said to be planning to integrate its News app into its recently acquired Texture magazine subscription service which will essentially be a Netflix-like subscription service for news and features.

Apple purchased Texture, which was partly owned by Rogers in Canada, in March. Company spokespersons said that the Texture service, which gives access to dozens of publications for a monthly fee, would be 'status quo,' meaning existing subcscribers on iPad, Windows and Android platforms would be able to read their magazines without disruption.

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