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Foxconn reportedly testing 46 to 55-inch Apple television sets
A new rumor out from Apple’s supply chain in Asia has it that Foxconn, the world’s largest (and Apple’s favorite) contract manufacturer is testing some badass television panels with the shining Apple...
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Apple to bring Mac mini production to the U.S.
Earlier this month, Tim Cook sat down with Rock Center’s Brian Williams for his first major TV interview since becoming Apple’s CEO. And among the many topics covered in the conversation, Cook spoke...
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New report shows labor conditions at Foxconn improving
Earlier this year, The New York Times published a bleak, extensive report on the poor working conditions inside Foxconn’s factories. The manufacturer makes products for several companies, but the...
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Rumor: Apple evaluating Retina screens for the next iPad mini
According to a new rumor out of Taiwan, Apple is already testing display panels for the second-generation iPad mini. With LG Display and AU Optronics already suppling panels for the current-generation...
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WSJ: Apple testing iWatch designs with Foxconn
The New York Times tech columnist Nick Bilton has recycled his December 2011 story of a curved-glass iPod, now claiming in a new piece published this morning that a wearable computer by Apple is...
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Alleged iPhone 5S assembly line spy shots surface, dismissed as a knock-off
At last, some pretty credible parts apparently belonging to the iPhone 5S are starting to emerge. A set of images posted by a Chinese tech site and allegedly depicting the iPhone 5S parts on an...
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New map graphic shows how massive Apple’s supply chain really is
When you think about Apple’s supply chain, the first—and only, for some—place that comes to mind is China. Images start propagating in the mind of oft-reported impoverished plants with thousands of...
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AAPL falls on talk of Foxconn hiring freeze
Shares of Apple are (again) under pressure as Financial Times issued a report Wednesday that Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer that assembles iPhones and other products for Apple and...
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Sharp and Foxconn deal has all but fallen apart
For a year now, we’ve been hearing that Foxconn was going to buy a large stake in Sharp Corp. Speculation of the deal has run rampant, going so far as to implicate that the partnership was part of...
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Barclays: budget iPhone and China Mobile-compatible iPhone 5S due in August
Per a rumor out of China, Apple won’t release a new iPhone at its upcoming summer developer conference. Instead, Tim Cook & Co. are thought to be targeting an August 2013 launch for both the...
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iPhone 5S production reportedly already underway at Foxconn
Talk of Apple’s next-generation iPhone has really begun to pick up over the past few days, with two reports coming within the last 24 hours claiming that the company is set to roll out its new handset...
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Apple suppliers hit 99% compliance for working hour limits in January
About this time last year, Apple was dealing with a wealth of bad press over the working conditions at its Asian suppliers. The New York Times painted a particularly bleak picture of the situation,...
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Foxconn and TSMC recruit 5,000 workers each ahead of Apple product launches
Apple’s contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry – also know in the Western world as the controversial Foxconn – and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest...
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New Apple supplier concerns drag share down
Spring is just around the corner, the sun is shining and new concerns about Apple suppliers appear like so many dandelions. Never mind CEO Tim Cook said it’s impossible to determine the health of the...
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Foxconn boss cancels talks with Sharp over Samsung investment
Earlier this month we told you that Apple’s frenemy Samsung confirmed a plan to pour a cool $112 million into buying a three percent stake in Sharp. Making matters complicated, Sharp, an Apple...
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Foxconn posts record profits on Apple’s aggressive product refreshes
Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known in the Western world as Foxconn, is Apple’s favorite manufacturer that assembles a lot of its products, with Pegatron taking care of the rest. Foxconn also...
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Rumor: iTV has Foxconn-made display, ships in early-2014
Earlier in the week, the somewhat reliable DigiTimes reported that Apple’s rumored standalone TV set could ship later this year with a 4K Ultra HD screen. Another report out from Asia has it that...
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Foxconn expectedly experiences sales lull amid seasonal iPhone decline
Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn, assembles many Apple products, including iPhones and iPads. And with an estimated 60 to 70 percent of its revenues owed to the Apple orders account,...
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Foxconn hiring assembly-line workers for next-gen iPhone production, WSJ and...
Hon Hai Precision Industry aka Foxconn, which assembles iPhones and iPads for Apple, but also consumer electronics on behalf of other vendors, has started hiring assembly-line workers in the tens of...
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Apple bashing earns New York Times a Pulitzer
Remember how Apple’s use of Chinese factories to produce its iPad was the focus of attention during 2012? Well, so did members of the Pulitzer committee, which Monday awarded a 2013 Pulitzer Prize to...
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