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Greece Ranks First in EU in Smartphone Recycling

Greece leads the European Union in smartphone recycling, boasting an almost 18 percent recycling rate, as per Eurostat data. This surpasses the EU average, where only 10 percent of Europeans recycle their old mobile phones. Eurostat findings highlight Greece, Austria...

Is Your Digital Footprint Dangerous? How to Protect Yourself

In today's interconnected world, the term 'digital footprint' has become increasingly important. As our reliance on technology and the internet grows, so does the need to understand the potential dangers associated with our digital presence. Because your digital footprint...

SpaceX Starlink Satellites to Link with T-Mobile to Beam Service Everywhere

On Thursday, SpaceX's Elon Musk and T-Mobile President and CEO Mike Sievert announced a plan whereby the Starlink satellite network will start beaming service straight to smartphones next year. The project, called Coverage Above and Beyond, aims to provide smartphone...

Shutdown of BlackBerry Phones Signals End of an Era

BlackBerry phones, once seen in the hands of countless executives, actors, and politicians, no longer worked at all as of Tuesday, when the company stopped service on devices that had not yet switched from the company's operating system to...

Electronics Hit With New 2% Greek Government Tax

The Greek government has added yet another tax on goods and services, this time being a two-percent percent levy on the purchase of personal computers, tablets and smartphones. The levy was voted through the Greek parliament on Tuesday as a...

New Survey Shows 81.8% of Greeks Use the Internet

It's always been an area where the Greeks have had less experience with, compared to the rest of the western world, but things relating to Internet usage have begun to turn around. A new poll conducted by Focus Bari shows...

Smartphones Are Costing Greeks, Study Finds

In the last seven years, Greeks have spent over 700 million euros to repair or replace their damaged smartphones, according to a report by SquareTrade, a warranty service provider in San Francisco. Notably, 40% of Greek smartphone-owners had experienced a...