All the stories tagged with foxconn
Amazon Reportedly Developing Smartphone With 3D Display
05/09/2013, This isn’t exactly the first time we’ve heard rumors about Amazon developing a smartphone of its own. The smartphone is reportedly going to be manufactured by Foxconn in China, and was expected to be released in either Q2 or Q3, [...]
Foxconn Shifting Strategies To End Reliance On Apple
05/07/2013, Foxconn, Apple’s long time manufacturing partner based in China, is not in the news today for its workers committing suicide or being paid low wages while being made to work 12 hour shifts. Foxconn is now being seen as shifting its [...]
Suicides At Foxconn Continue As Workers Toil In Silent Mode
05/01/2013, It has been three years running, that a small number of those working at Foxconn have committed suicide for various reasons from 2010 onwards, and the latest suicide at a Foxconn plant would extend this unwanted run to four years. [...]
Tech Companies Donate Money To Aid China’s Earthquake Affectees
04/22/2013, Some people have misconceptions that tech companies are all about money, that all they do is churn out new products every quarter to maximize their earnings. Many big companies are involved in social not-for-profit projects, its their way of “giving [...]
Microsoft And Hon Hai Sign Patent Agreement For Android, Chrome Devices
04/16/2013, If you think that the name Hon Hai is extremely familiar, that is because they are the parent company of Foxconn, and I am quite sure that Foxconn has made quite a name for itself in the world consciousness with [...]
Foxconn Hiring New Employees To Build The iPhone 5S
04/15/2013, We’ve been hearing a lot of rumors concerning Apple’s next iPhone, which everyone in the tech world assumes will be the iPhone 5S, as we’ve seen a possible prototype, heard of multiple sizes being made available as well as an analyst [...]
Foxconn Allegedly Fired Workers WIth Suicidal Tendencies
04/08/2013, Foxconn is a company that has been mired in controversy in the past, where workers there must have had enough of their lot that they decided to end their lives at the place of their work, including jumping off the [...]
iPhone 5S Production Rumored To Be Ramping Up At Foxconn
03/06/2013, According to the rumors from yesterday, Apple could be set to launch the new iPad and iPhone 5S in April and August respectively. Now thanks to a report by Japanese blog, Macotakara, they are saying that Apple’s manufacturer, Foxconn, has [...]
Apple Moving Mac Mini Production To U.S. With Foxconn [Rumor]
12/26/2012, It looks like we’ve finally found the missing piece to the puzzle. Earlier this month, Apple CEO Tim Cook broke the exciting news that the company is bringing back Mac production in the U.S. Mr. Cook also confirmed that Apple [...]
Apple US Mac Production Including American-Built Components
12/07/2012, News of Apple bringing production of some of its iMacs to the U.S. has been spreading like wildfire as the company previously relied heavily on Chinese labor to produce the majority of its products. Not only would this create more jobs [...]
Foxconn Plans To Expand Business In The U.S.
12/06/2012, Following Tim Cook’s announcement earlier today that Apple is bringing back some of its Mac production in the U.S. by way of a $100 million investment, Foxconn, interestingly also confessed plans of expanding its business in the U.S. As you know, [...]
Foxconn reportedly chosen to manufacture Microsoft’s Surface phone
11/27/2012, It has been suggested many times after the announcement of the Microsoft Surface tablet that Microsoft could be interested in making a Surface phone of their own which would run on their Windows Phone platform. Given the build quality of [...]
Samsung Settles Labor Issues In China
11/26/2012, The efforts of China Labor Watch, a New York-based non-government organization, are finally paying off. That’s because Samsung is hearing enough of the complaints and is now launching an initiative to address the unfair labor practices reported on its suppliers [...]
