Lexmark is jettisoning its inkjet printers and laying off 1,700 workers as paper becomes increasingly passe in an age of ever-sleeker digital devices and online photo albums on Internet hangouts such as Facebook.
Lexmark is jettisoning its inkjet printers and laying off 1,700 workers as paper becomes increasingly passe in an age of ever-sleeker digital devices and online photo albums on Internet hangouts such as Facebook.
The shake-up announced Tuesday is the latest fallout from the growing popularity of smartphones and tablet computers that make it easier to store and retrieve content from anywhere with an Internet connection.
As a result, computer printers are used less frequently, especially at home.
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Moody’s Investors Service on Wednesday lowered its long-term credit rating on Hewlett-Packard, saying the technology giant will have trouble increasing sales of many of its products.
Three residents of an Olympia senior living facility have reached or are just days from reaching their 100th birthday.
People with old computers, TVs and related items can bring them to a special recycling and collection event Jan. 23-27 on Hannegan Road hosted by Boy Scout Troop 2010 out of Lynden.
The troop is having its third annual event to recycle certain electronics to keep toxins out of landfills.
Televisions, computers and monitors will be accepted for free. Printers, keyboards, photocopiers, other computer items and most smaller appliances are taken for a fee. Scrap metal and electrical cords also are being collected. Computers are wiped clean before recycling.
Washington State Parks is now selling its 2013 wall calendar, one that celebrates the park system’s 100th anniversary.
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