Green Technology Category

Apple is committed to helping keep the environment safe by recycling electronic devices. With recycling programs in North America deemed a success, the company has opened similar programs in Europe, through which users can get cash back for old and/or defective devices sent in.

Oh, sure, we’ve heard about refrigerators mounting LCD panels before. And it usually turns out to be some kind of colossal dog and pony show in which we see them at some big event, and it boils off into a big cloud of vaporware as we turn our attention to [...]

It’s pretty much common knowledge–sufficiently so to be included in pop culture–that getting a cab in New York can be difficult, and is often not a very environmentally friendly choice. But considering plenty of people are afraid of what’s going on in the underground labyrinth of tunnels and warrens known [...]

I think we all enjoy portable devices in one flavor or another. Whether it’s your MP3 player of choice, your tablet of choice, your smartphone of a whole bunch of choices (me personally, I’ve been working pretty much exclusively on a laptop for the last four years now), portable devices [...]

Menlo Park has a new resident. And they’ve got 800 million friends worldwide. Facebook has detailed the first few steps in its move to their new headquarters at 1601 Willow Road. With the move, we also get a peek at Facebook’s corporate culture, and how they plan to encourage innovation [...]

Smartphones, tablets, notebooks, and other gadgets have a pre-defined lifetime, mostly because of battery chemistry. But a new technology being developed will last 10 to 30 years. Will our devices live that long, though?

The holidays are just around the corner, and traffic is getting worse and worse by the minute. But if you’re on a smart car like this Suzuki Q-Concept microcar, parking should not be a problem.

Greenpeace issues a Greener guide periodically, and for the first time in three years on the guide’s 17th issue, HP has toppled Nokia as the greenest tech company. HP went up three places from its former rank, as Greenpeace has determined that it’s the company that has the strongest sustainable [...]

The gadget genius in most of us will argue that data in our smartphones, tablets and e-readers will not take up weight. But, boy were we wrong.

Facebook wants to save on cooling costs for its server infrastructure, and is building a server facility at the edge of the Arctic Circle.