Good Apple!!

Seems that our barge of criticism like this:

http://shaigarg.blogspot.com/2012/07/bad-apple.html

did worked and all these BOTs collecting and gauging feel and pulse of web did worked. Important thing is Apple listened. Even though everyone was saying that they will still buy Apple but are unhappy with their decision.

God Job everyone!!

Cheers!!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304373804577525033302381546.html?mod=djemTEW_h

Apple Inc. AAPL +1.01% said it was re-registering its products with a voluntary registry of green electronics, reversing course after a flood of criticism.

Apple, in an open letter from Bob Mansfield, the company's senior vice president of hardware engineering, said the company would relist its products on the U.S. government-backed registry, called Epeat, potentially putting an end to the controversy that led at least one city government to tell its employees no longer to purchase the Cupertino, Calif., company's products as a result.

Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple had requested its 39 desktop and laptop computers, as well as its monitors, be removed from the list of environmentally friendly products. At the time, Epeat said Apple had told it that the company's designs were no longer consistent with the registry's requirements.

The Epeat standard was created in collaboration between government agencies, activist groups and manufacturers, including Apple. Epeat-certified devices are considered to have been designed with higher energy efficiency and for ease of use in recycling.

Earlier this week, San Francisco's Department of the Environment said it would send out a letter over the coming weeks informing all the city's 50 agencies that Apple's laptops and desktops would "no longer qualify" for purchase with city funds. The city said it is mandatory policy that city funds only be used to purchase Epeat-certified computers. The federal government, as well, requires that 95% of its laptops and desktops be Epeat-certified.

In his letter, Mr. Mansfield defended Apple's efforts to make its devices "the most environmentally responsible products in our industry, and that much of the company's progress isn't yet measured by the Epeat standard. But, he admitted, customers clearly were concerned about the company's continued involvement in the registry.

"We've recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the Epeat rating system," he said. "I recognize that this was a mistake."

Apple said its relationship with Epeat has become stronger as a result of this experience, and that it will continue to work with the rating system.

Apple shares recently rose 1.2% to $605.71.

--Jessica E. Vascellaro contributed to this report