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Tiny Foxconn Protest Storms Apple Store

9:15AM Yesterday | Sam Biddle

There was supposed to be a protest at Apple’s monstrous architectural annex in New York’s Grand Central Station today. If you weren’t looking for it, you’d would’ve only seen the usual commuter hell. But the protestors showed up. Four of them. More »


Online

Foxconn Hacked, Passwords Made Public

10:00PM February 9, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Foxconn has more to worry about. As well as struggling to deal with allegations of exploitative working conditions in its factories, it’s now had the bad fortune of being hacked, having login and password information spread across the web. More »


Mobile

Do Apple Users Care Enough To Protest Chinese Working Conditions?

8:00PM February 9, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Since it came to light how bad working conditions are in Chinese factories that make iPhones and iPads, many have muttered about boycotting Apple. If that’s you, you should join a globally coordinated protest against it, which is happening today. But do you care enough? More »


News

Bill Maher Piles On The Foxconn Shame-Fest

1:45PM February 7, 2012 | Michael Hession

Bill Maher interviewed Mike Daisey last week on Real Time, adding to the scourge of recent negative publicity surrounding the conditions at Apple supplier Foxconn. Daisey is the actor who wrote and performed the one-man show The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, a musing that faces the labour issue head-on. He actually went to China and talked to workers outside the infamous Foxconn factory in Shenzhen. More »


Computing

Woman Who Assembles iPads Shown iPad For First Time In Her Life

7:00AM February 7, 2012 | Sam Biddle

“Ms Chen”, as CNN calls her, works in a Foxconn plant installing iPad screens for virtually every waking hour of her life. Despite this, she never actually saw an iPad until CNN whisked her away. Her reaction will surprise you. More »


Computing

Gizmodo Vs Lifehacker: Should Apple Have To Make Ethical Gadgets?

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10:30AM February 3, 2012 | Alex Kidman & Angus Kidman

Continuing concerns over conditions for workers in China’s Foxconn factories and massive profits at Apple have combined to create a growing chorus suggesting Apple needs to alter its manufacturing processes. Is it reasonable to suggest that Apple should radically change its behaviour, and what should other gadget companies be doing? Gizmodo’s Alex Kidman and Lifehacker’s Angus Kidman thrash out the problem. More »


Entertainment

The iNett: Conan’s Solution To Foxconn Suicides

8:30AM February 3, 2012 | Michael Hession

The ongoing issues that Apple faces regarding workplace conditions in its suppliers’ Chinese factories has left an ugly streak on the company’s bright and sparkly facade. Why not use all that power of innovation and design to tackle the core issue? Last night’s Conan featured an Apple commercial that ‘revolutionises the safety net’. Zing! More »


Gadgets

A Gadget Tax Worth Paying

3:30PM February 2, 2012 | Matt Buchanan

Joel Johnson, after he visited a Foxconn factory for Wired: To be soaked in materialism, to directly and indirectly champion it, has also brought guilt. More »


Mobile

Thousands Queue For Foxconn Jobs Ahead Of Possible iPhone 5 Production

2:15PM February 1, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Despite the explosions, suicides, reported abuse and poisonous gas, Foxconn is apparently a very popular place to work. More »


News

Chinese Citizens Comment On Foxconn, Apple

8:30AM January 27, 2012 | Roberto Baldwin

The New York Times teamed up with a Chinese magazine to see how the Chinese feel about Foxconn, Apple, and the how their factory workers are treated. The results might not surprise you, but they will remind you that there’s more cost to your iPad than what’s on the price tag. More »