According to this blog post over on the Enough Project website, Steve Jobs has responded (in his characteristically short e-mails sent from his iPhone) to the recent uproar over the use of conflict minerals in devices such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad: Yes. We require all of our suppliers to certify in writing that they use [...]

Nick Kristof had a piece in the NYTimes on Saturday entitled “Death by Gadget” where he pointed out the relationship between the iPhone (and other electronic devices) and the war in Congo: An ugly paradox of the 21st century is that some of our elegant symbols of modernity — smartphones, laptops and digital cameras — [...]

A couple of weeks ago I shared the above image put together by Appfrica Labs that illustrates the “conspicuous correlation” between conflict areas and mining of coltan deposits (minerals used in many of our electronic devices). I wrote this quick analysis: One of the major factors feeding genocide and violent crimes against humanity is that [...]