Mobile Repair Day at e-Summit
Yesterday, we were invited to moderate a panel at Mobile Repair Dayheld inside the e-Summit conference. I was joined by Shay Kripilani of Injured…
Read moreWhat is Apple Activation Lock – And Should Repair Shops Be Worried?
As part of Apple’s new iOS 18, it appears that they are beta testing a feature called “Activation Lock.” The feature, as previously described…
Read moreApple Repairs Get Better with iOS 18
Apple is launching a new feature aimed at simplifying iPhone repairs for users. With the iOS 18 update, arriving on September 16, Apple is…
Read moreApple Changes Policy to Enable (most) Third-Party Parts
Our friends at iFixIt (link below) tell us that “Apple just announced that they’re caving on a key parts pairing problem: They’ve promised to stop…
Read moreColorado and Oregon Pass Right to Repair Laws
Our friends at Repair.org tell us that Governor Polis of Colorado has officially signed the state’s third Right to Repair bill into law, setting…
Read moreiFixIt Ends Samsung Collaboration
iFixit has announced they are ending their collaboration with Samsung. The program was launched 2 years ago, and according to the post on their…
Read moreApple to expand repair options with support for used genuine parts
with a h/t to friend of NWIDA – Kyle Wiens of iFixit and Repair.org, today we find out that Apple is planning to extend…
Read moreOregon Passes Right to Repair
As we mentioned a few weeks ago the Oregon Senate had passed a R2R bill. Now the state House has passed the bill (SB…
Read moreNY Looks to Beef Up R2R Law
NY Assemblymember Patricia Fahy introduced Assembly Bill 8955 on Jan. 30, which would amend New York’s Digital Fair Repair Act. The bill would modify…
Read morePIRG Delivers over 56000 Petitions to FTC
On Thursday, US PIRG (led by NWIDA friend Nathan Proctor) delivered over 56,000 petition signatures to the FTC in Washington, DC. We want to…
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