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Foxconn agrees to raise worker wages
Sarah Gardner Mar 16, 2012
The Taiwan-based manufacturer will also cut down on excessive overtime. What will this mean for its purchasers -- like Apple -- and consumers?
Foxconn reform may lead to more changes in China
Adriene Hill Mar 16, 2012
Electronics manufacturer Foxconn is taking steps to improve worker salaries and conditions after increasing international pressure to do so.
Apple tries to play the cool customer as it bows to public pressure
Marc Sanchez Feb 13, 2012
Assembly line workers get a little help
Concerned consumers call for "ethical iPhones" (though if that's not possible, just "iPhones" will probably do)
Jeff Horwich Feb 9, 2012
Consumer groups plan to deliver petitions to Apple Stores around the globe, calling for Apple to "overhaul the way its suppliers treat their workers."
Apple discloses suppliers... kinda
Marc Sanchez Jan 17, 2012
First time Apple releases this kind of support
Chinese laborers take drastic measures for a raise
Rob Schmitz Mar 16, 2012
Workers at a Foxconn factory that makes iPhones all threatened to jump from the top of the building if they didn't get a raise. But these aren't the only workers protesting work conditions and pay in the country.
Apple cuts iPad 2 production by 25%
John Moe Sep 26, 2011
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is reducing orders all along the Chinese supply chain for the iPad 2, which will also mean a significant...
El Cinco machines fired up and pumping out units
John Moe Sep 8, 2011
(We call the imminent iPhone 5 "El Cinco" around these parts because it enhances the air of mystery surrounding the product). All Things D reports...
The robots are coming! Or, how to spoil a pefectly nice dance party.
Adriene Hill Aug 1, 2011
Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles Apple's iPhones and iPads, is reportedly planning to "hire" 1 million robots to take on the boring,...
