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It seems that after all the intense discussion of working conditions in China at plants used by Apple and other electronics companies to manufacture their products, Apple CEO Tim Cook is getting to the bottom of the situation himself. According to a story from Bloomberg, Apple’s head honcho visit ... Full Article »
Early inspections into mobile device manufacturer Foxconn resulted in praise from the independent nonprofit group hired by Apple to inspect working conditions at plants. However, some see this praise as premature and worrisome. As The New York Times reports, Fair Labor Association President, Auret ... Full Article »
Apple has announced that an independent organization called the Fair Labor Association is conducting inspections of plants in China where Apple devices are manufactured. This is in response to controversy over working conditions that kicked up in the last few weeks. The inspectors headed to plants ... Full Article »
Apple’s second-most important market for mobile devices in the world is China, behind only the U.S. One analyst thinks the growth for the Chinese market for the iPhone and iPad maker could be huge during the next two years. As Apple Insider reports, Morgan Stanley expects Apple to continue to exp ... Full Article »
Apple fans in China really want the iPhone 4S. So much so that Apple halted the launch of the new smartphone in order to protect the safety of their employees. The launch, scheduled for today, saw massive crowds at Apple’s five mainland China Apple Stores, Ars Technica reports. At its Sanitlun st ... Full Article »
Taiwanese tech manufacturer Foxconn, one of the companies that assembles Apple’s iOS mobile devices, intends to double the size of one of its biggest plant. This could allow it to produce twice as many iPhones. The plant is located in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou and is one which the company use ... Full Article »
China is currently Apple’s second-largest hardware market, seeing big-time growth in smartphone and tablet sales during the last year. But a new report suggests it’s only going to keep getting bigger. A survey conducted by Morgan Stanley found that interest in Apple’s iPhone has surpassed tha ... Full Article »
Tuesday’s earnings call with Apple revealed some interesting information, like the fact that Apple sold 17.1 million iPhones in the last fiscal quarter of 2011, and took home $6.6 billion in profit. It also laid bare the fact that Apple is making a whole lot of its money from customers in China. ... Full Article »
The iPhone is the world’s best-selling smartphone – so popular, in fact, that authorities in Shanghai reportedly have broken up a criminal ring making its money by making and selling fake iPhones. The report comes from Reuters, which is citing local media as reporting the breakup of the faux-ph ... Full Article »
A Chinese judge doled-out prison sentences to three people convicted of working to steal iPad 2 information before the product’s release in order to make cases for the device. The story comes from the Wall Street Journal, which details the announcement by the Shenzhen Bao’an People’s Court ab ... Full Article »
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