You are NOT allowed to commit suicide: Workers in Chinese iPad factories forced to sign pledges Factories making sought-after Apple iPads and iPhones in China are forcing staff to sign pledges not to commit suicide, an investigation has revealed. At least 14 workers at Foxconn factories in China hav[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Apple’
February 3rd, 2012 - 11:02 am § in Misc.
More Pressure on Apple
What’s the dirty secret behind all our glittering tech gadgets? That question was on the minds of many this week as The New York Times turned up the heat on a long-simmering story about Apple supplier Foxconn’s labor practices (and Apple’s response to the situation). In the followi[...]
January 28th, 2012 - 3:51 pm § in Misc.
South Korea opening up to the iPAD?
South Korea has reversed a decision that banned games from the iOS App Store. For the past several years, the South Korean App Store has not included games due to concerns about objectionable content that could not be easily filtered. This decision to ban games was made by the Games Ratings Board, a[...]
China: The Precipice of Cheap Labor
New technologies will likely cause the same hollowing out of China’s manufacturing industry over the next two decades that the U.S experienced over the past twenty years. That’s right. America is destined to once again gain its supremacy in manufacturing, and it will soon be China’s turn to wo[...]
January 21st, 2012 - 12:25 pm § in Misc.
APPLE: More rumors about “Goldfinger”
Another very strange bit of evidence about Apple’s project Goldfinger has emerged from videos coming out at North Korea mourns its Dear Departed Leader. In going through this video on a frame editor, my contact came across this single older frame that seems to suggest Koreans were also mournin[...]
December 26th, 2011 - 8:33 pm § in America
Is Apple’s Goldfinger a North Korean Project?
Something odd is happening in North Korea. First, The AVE and The Guardian reported discrepancies in published accounts of how Kim Jong-Il died. The Guardian suggested that the Dear Leader did not suffer a fatal heart attack, as reported, on a long train trip but died instead on a shorter trip t[...]
December 26th, 2011 - 11:32 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Kim Jong Un assumes another top post
North Korea’s leading state-run newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, referred to Kim Jong Un as leader of the ruling Workers’ Party Central Committee, a post that gives Kim Jong Un power over one of the country’s highest decision-making bodies. Dr. General Kim the “supreme leader of[...]
October 30th, 2011 - 3:54 pm § in Misc.
Apple agrees to abide by Korean standards for warranties
Readmore. As Samsung is emerging as Apple’s biggest competitor, Cupertino seemed to be willing to meet Korean standards! I wonder if they could end up doing the same thing for North Korea if the hermit kingdom ever opens up? The ability to lock down the i-Tunes store would go over well u[...]
October 28th, 2011 - 8:09 am § in America
BREAKING NEWS: Google Eats APPLE
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co overtook Apple Inc as the world’s top smartphone maker in the July-September period with a 44 percent jump in shipments, and forecast strong sales in the current quarter in a clear warning to its rivals. Samsung only entered the s[...]
Apple’s Secret
Kam Wing Chan, UW Professor Department of Geography Apple, despite its innovative greatness, has a reputation for secrecy. “How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work” (The New York Times, January 22) puts some of its secrets, perhaps dirty ones, out in the open. In addition to low costs ([...]