Labor Rights Group Accuses iPhone Maker of Abuses – New York Times (blog)

Computerworld (blog) Labor Rights Group Accuses iPhone Maker of AbusesNew York Times (blog)Published: July 29, 2013. BEIJING — A labor rights group accused a Taiwanese company that makes iPhones for Apple on Monday of abuses including withholding employees’ pay and imposing excessive working hours at factories in mainland China. Bits …Apple faces labor violation dispute over […]

Mouse Maker Scurries Away From PCs Toward iPad Future – Wired

Wired Mouse Maker Scurries Away From PCs Toward iPad FutureWiredThe struggles of personal computer giants like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Intel to adapt to a world driven by smartphones and tablets can be viewed clearly through slumping sales and falling share prices. But if you go out one orbit, to a … View full post […]

iPhone maker faces ‘unprecedented’ Apple scrutiny – Sydney Morning Herald

New York Times (blog) iPhone maker faces ‘unprecedented’ Apple scrutinySydney Morning HeraldIn 2009, reports of a rash of worker suicides surfaced at Foxconn, which puts together the iPhone and iPad at factories in southern China that activists say subject a mostly migrant labour population to slavish work conditions, including over-long …Apple Asks Outside Group to […]

Apple, with iPad, is top PC maker – Washington Post

ZDNet (blog) Apple, with iPad, is top PC makerWashington Postbased company shipped 120 million PCs last year, if you include the iPad. Apple shipped just 5 million Macs, but iPad shipments outstripped that number threefold, and the company had a six-point gain in the market over a year ago.Apple iPad breaks HP’s hold on top […]