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The people behind your iPad: The bosses
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Marketplace's Rob Schmitz was offered a rare glimpse into the world of Apple's usually secret supply chain. Here's the story of the people who help run Apple's Chinese producer, Foxconn.
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The people behind your iPad: The workers
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
What's life like for the thousands of workers who assemble your Apple products? Marketplace’s Rob Schmitz gained rare access to Apple’s production line at a Foxconn plant in China.
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Inside Foxconn as iPads get made
Monday, April 9, 2012
Marketplace’s China correspondent travels where few have gone before and visits the production line.
The new iPad is hot, in sales and actual temperature
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Apple’s newest creation is popular, but is it uncomfortable to hold?
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Small talk: Pink lights, games with cats, Google ads
Friday, March 16, 2012
The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: using pink lights to deter criminals, an interspecies iPad game you can play with your cat, Google replacing ringtones with ads.
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Lines for newest Apple product smaller than normal
Friday, March 16, 2012
The somewhat highly anticipated new iPad model goes on sale today in stores around the U.S. But will it sell as quickly as previous editions?
Google's search changes not all that dramatic
Friday, March 16, 2012
Plus, the FBI wants Google’s help unlocking a phone, and the iPad battles a robot vacuum cleaner.
Apple wants to buy your old iPad
Friday, March 16, 2012
Apple is willing to buy older iPads from customers who will upgrade to the latest model. Customers get store credit, and Apple gets part of the resale market.
Apple fights for 'iPad' in China
Thursday, March 8, 2012
A day after Apple announced the latest iPad, the company is just as busy in China, where its lawyers are fighting a court decision that ruled Apple doesn't own the trademarked name 'iPad' there.
Apple’s new iPad: Is it a wow or is it a meh?
Thursday, March 8, 2012
A round-up of opinion on the new new thing.
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