Apple, supplier Foxconn to share costs on improving factories

10 May, 2012, 2:30 pm IST General

Apple Inc and its key supplier Foxconn Technology Group will share the initial costs of improving labor conditions at the Chinese factories that assemble ... More

Workers protest at Foxconn plant in China

28 Apr, 2012, 11:51 am IST General

Workers at a Chinese factory owned by Foxconn, Apple Inc's main manufacturer, threatened to jump off the roof of a building in a protest over wages just a month after ... More

Foxconn’s new Nano-PCs launched, will compete with ZOTAC’s ZBOX

26 Apr, 2012, 10:19 am IST Roydon Cerejo HTPCs 1 Comments

Foxconn, the world's leading manufacturer of computer components and systems, launched new models in their Nano-PC range - AT-5300 and AT-5600. These Nano-PCs More

Is our consumer culture destroying the world?

20 Apr, 2012, 11:43 am IST Harshit Passi HTPCs 2 Comments

I have never really been one of those out-and-out environmentalists; I do my due and never really spread my dogma around. Nor have I ever been paranoid, or More

Migrants elbow for Foxconn jobs despite labour probe

23 Feb, 2012, 2:17 pm IST HTPCs

Apple's top manufacturer in China, Foxconn Technology, is having no problems luring fresh workers to churn out ever more gadgets, despite ... More

HP, Dell watch rising China labor costs for Apple products

23 Feb, 2012, 11:31 am IST HTPCs 1 Comments

Hewlett-Packard and Dell Inc are keeping a close eye on a big jump in wages for workers that assemble Apple Inc's iPhone in China, and could be ... More

ABC granted access to Apple's Chinese supply chain

18 Feb, 2012, 2:52 pm IST Karan Shah HTPCs

We’ve heard it a lot of times. Foxconn workers, the people involved in manufacturing the iPhone and other ... More

iPad maker Foxconn lifts China workers pay again

18 Feb, 2012, 11:40 am IST HTPCs

Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads whose factories are under scrutiny over labour practices, has raised ... More

Fair Labor Association to inspect Foxconn, at Apple's behest

14 Feb, 2012, 10:51 am IST Anuradha Shetty HTPCs

Apple has, in an official statement confirmed that the Fair Labor Association (FLA) would begin conducting special ... More

SwaggSec hacks Foxconn, uses unpatched IE

10 Feb, 2012, 9:53 am IST Roydon Cerejo HTPCs

Foxconn has made it to the news again, but this time they happen to be the victims. 9to5Mac reports that the company’s ... More

Apple head clears air over working conditions in factories

30 Jan, 2012, 3:48 pm IST Anuradha Shetty HTPCs 2 Comments

Harsh working conditions in their supply chain factories is the latest topic to keep Apple in the news, lately, of course, ... More

Foxconn head refers to workers as animals

20 Jan, 2012, 6:48 pm IST Naina Khedekar HTPCs

Foxconn may be building world’s favored smartphone and tablet, but the company is also known to be surrounded ... More

Apple releases their list of suppliers and labour conditions report

16 Jan, 2012, 10:33 am IST Padmini Harchandrai HTPCs

Apple releases an annual report on labour conditions at its manufacturing companies the world over, but this year ... More

Foxconn suicidal workers sign a deal with manufacturer

13 Jan, 2012, 6:07 pm IST Anuradha Shetty HTPCs

Workers at Foxconn's Wuhan production plant in China had, in the last week threatened the manufacturers with ... More

INSIGHT - Dreaded "Brazil cost" may dim Foxconn's iPad dreams

31 Oct, 2011, 12:50 pm IST Tablets

The nondescript stretch of asphalt is an unlikely symbol of Brazil's attempt to lift its economy into a new high-tech era. If officials in the industrial town of Jundiai get their way, ... More

Foxconn confirms iPad production plans in Brazil from December

14 Oct, 2011, 6:22 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Tablets

A report in Times of India confirmed that the Taiwan-based, Foxconn will begin producing iPads in Brazil, beginning from December. More

Rumour: Foxconn producing 150,000 iPhone 5s a day

09 Sep, 2011, 9:50 am IST Aaron Almeida Smartphones

If the last rumour about Apple launching the iPhone 5 by the first week of October was anything to go by, the next rumour may definitely hold some weight. More

Foxconn to introduce new 1.5GHz dual-core smartphone, the Mi-ONE

17 Aug, 2011, 11:36 am IST Karan Shah Smartphones

Foxconn (the factory that manufactures Apple iPhones) are planning to release their new smartphone based on the popular MIUI ROMS. This smartphone, More

Pegatron to Also Manufacture Next-Gen Apple Devices

01 Aug, 2011, 11:49 am IST Aaron Almeida Smartphones

Foxconn had been the exclusive assembler for Apple iPads and iPhones. More

Computex 2011: AMD Launches 9-Series Chipset

02 Jun, 2011, 10:22 am IST Rossi Fernandes CPUs

Chipset for upcoming processors launched, fans await the processor. More