Online Petition Against Apple's Factory Conditions Receives 160,000 Signatures in a Week
02/02/2012 |
Apple has received some slack of late over the perceived conditions of the Chinese workers who build its hugely popular products. With the eyes of the world currently firmly fixed on the likes of Foxconn, people are beginning to look more closely at the real cost of building our iPhones and iPads.
An online petition, set up to urge Apple to protect its Chinese workers has received 162,000 signatures in just over a week, with the number continuing to grow.
Allegations of unsafe working conditions...
Foxconn To Employ One Million Robots Within Next Three Years
To those of you who scoffed at Steve Wozniak when he said that machines will one day take over as superior beings, leaving us humans as the “dogs of the house,” take note: It seems Woz’ vision is very much becoming a reality for some Foxconn workers, who are set to be replaced b...
Chinese authorities discover another 22 fake Apple stores in Kunming
After the discovery of a fake Apple Store in the Chinese city of Kunming last month, Chinese authorities have now discovered that there are a total of 22 unauthorized Apple retailers operating in the same area.China’s Administration for Industry and Commerce in the Yunnan provincial capital...
Chinese authorities discover a further 22 fake Apple stores in Kunming
After the discovery of a fake Apple Store in the Chinese city of Kunming last month, Chinese authorities have now discovered that there are a total of 22 unauthorized Apple retailers operating in the same area.China’s Administration for Industry and Commerce in the Yunnan provincial capital...
Foxconn Workers Escape Another Fire at Shandong Plant [Video]
Foxconn workers at the company’s plant in Yantai, a city in the northeastern Shandong province, have had to evacuate the building today as another fire and possible explosion engulfed parts of the factory in smoke. Thankfully, it seems no one has been injured.The fire broke out at 10:20 AM ...
Most of your Apple iPhone and iPad was Made in the U.S.A.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been taking some heat lately...
Foxconn Employs More People Than Most Of The World's Armies
The Foxconn army is probably bigger than your country's army Apple’s main supplier pal Foxconn is massive. With multiple mega-factories that can include up to 400,000 workers living on a cramped “campus,” it’s no surprise that Foxconn has quickly become one of the bigg...
Foxconn won't take legal action against 'This American Life' after retraction of Mike Daisey lies
Foxconn Technology Group , the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads...
Chinese workers flock to Foxconn for assembly jobs
On a smoggy day in a gritty industrial suburb of Shenzhen, thousands of job seekers...
Rush Limbaugh: The New York Times has turned on Apple; they wouldn't do this if Steve Jobs was alive
I know a lot of you get upset and irritated with me when I talk about Apple. So I'm gonna talk about Apple....
