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What Really Happens to AirPods When They Die
"AirPod owners love them. Everyone else, it can seem, hates them. Apple is, by all indications, selling oodles of them. But what happens to AirPods when they get old and die? Does the same seamless design that helped to make them iconic also make them an environmental...
E-Scrap News: Negligence causes 25 percent of data breaches
"A recent data security study shows a quarter of U.S. data breaches are caused by human error. Breaches are also increasing in frequency and costing companies more to manage. The 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study, completed by Ponemon Institute and funded by IBM, found...
EScrap News: Survey highlights public data security concerns
"More than a quarter of consumers are so concerned that data on their old mobile phones might be compromised that they wouldn’t trade in the devices, according to a survey. Blancco Technology Group, which provides data erasure and diagnostic equipment and...
Less Than 3% of Recycled Computing Devices Properly Wiped
"Researchers find that companies that refurbish or accept old equipment as donations don't necessarily clean them of data as promised. Here's some eyepopping data about the computing devices that wind up at businesses that refurbish computers or accept donated...
Save the Date! Palm Beach Police Recycling Event April 16
Join us in this fabulous opportunity to protect your information - both electronic and hard copy! Call us for more information, or reach out to us at...
What is Charitable ITAD, and how can you participate?
What is ITAD? ITAD is Information Technology Asset Disposition or Information Technology Asset Disposal. Charitable ITAD is when these assets are donated and put to good use. When faced with excess or outdated IT equipment, many organizations consider donating the...
Memory for Memory at Alzheimer’s Luncheon
Chris, our CEO, and Craig, our warehouse supervisor, attended the Alzheimer's Community Care luncheon today in Palm Beach, FL. The theme of the lunch was "Hello Spring," signifying the hope and new life that comes with community support for Alzheimer's patients and...
Memory for Memory donates computers to Connect to Greatness, Inc.
Memory for Memory donated ten computers to Connect to Greatness, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides mentoring, social responsibility, leadership, and other programming options to African-American/Black middle school boys through their Boys to Men Leadership Academy in South Palm Beach County.
Town of Palm Beach Police Department electronic recycling event
Our November electronic recycling event with the Town of Palm Beach Police Department was a huge success! We securely recycled 119 items totaling 1,209 lbs and generated $750 for Alzheimer’s Community Care.
NYT: How to Clean Your Filthy, Disgusting Laptop
NYT: “You know your laptop is filthy. You can see the dirt and grime on your keyboard. You can see that circle of skin oils on the middle of the trackpad. So when’s the last time you cleaned it?”
Alzheimer’s News
Opinion: Should I Call My Father?
"This Father’s Day, I’m not sure if I should call my dad. I had the same misgivings a few days ago when it was his birthday. He turned 87. It’s not what you think. I have a wonderful father and we’ve had no falling out. But I anticipate that the phone calls will be...
Study: Memories of music cannot be lost to Alzheimer’s and dementia
"Some music inspires you to move your feet, some inspires you to get out there and change the world. In any case, and to move hurriedly on to the point of this article, it's fair to say that music moves people in special ways. If you're especially into a piece of...
Go Purple and Get Talking for Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month in June
"June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. The Alzheimer’s Association - Western Carolina Chaper is encouraging people to wear purple to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s and honor those affected by the disease. Every 65 seconds someone in the United States...
How music therapy can help those with Alzheimer’s and dementia
Olean Times Herald: "An estimated 5.8 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s dementia in 2019, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. This includes an estimated 5.6 million people age 65 and older and 200,000 people younger than 65 who have...
Brothers embark on 3,600-mile cross country ride for Alzheimer’s
"Tucker and Parker Phelps do a lot together. The Frankfort brothers, who were homeschooled, are both majoring in nursing at Western Kentucky University with aspirations of becoming nurse practitioners. They are also brothers in the same fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta,...
Promising new Alzheimer’s drug passes first phase of human trials
"Scientists from Germany's Jülich Research Centre are reporting successful results from the first phase of human clinical testing of a new Alzheimer's drug. Following promising animal experiments the drug has initially now proved safe in human subjects and will soon...
Alzheimer’s study finds PET scan affects patient diagnosis, management
"PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new national study found that brain imaging to detect Alzheimer’s-related plaques affected clinical diagnosis and management of patients with mild cognitive impairment and dementia. The findings are a step toward understanding...
ARIAS: Zooming in On Eye-based Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s
"Have biomarkers for preclinical Alzheimer’s disease been staring us in the face all along, and we just did not see them? Recent studies report a plethora of changes in the eye as Aβ pathology emerges in the brain. Dwindling retinal blood flow, thinning retinal nerve...
This video game can detect early stages of Alzheimer’s better than medical tests, researchers say
"(CNN)Just a few minutes of playing a certain video game could help identify the earliest stages of Alzheimer's in ways existing medical tests can't, researchers have found. A new study used a smartphone app called Sea Hero Quest to monitor how gamers with and without...
Cleveland Clinic spinoff company to start clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease
"Cleveland Clinic spinoff company NeuroTherapia Inc. will start clinical trials of a new drug targeting inflammation of the brain that's found in Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases, according to a news release. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the...
