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  Apple, Foxconn agree to hire 'tens of thousands' new workers and 'clamp down' on overtime

  By Ross Miller on March 29, 2012 04:52 pm + 57 comments

  Right on cue alongside the Fair Labor Association's report on Foxconn worker conditions, Apple has Continue reading…

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  Sony's US content business names Michael Lynton as CEO and Nicole Seligman as president

  By Sean Hollister on March 29, 2012 04:39 pm + 4 comments

  The rumors were true: as Sony's next CEO Kaz Hirai takes the reins of cameras, gaming and mobile Continue reading…

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  HP's webOS CTO Sam Greenblatt is out, no word on replacement

  By Chris Ziegler on March 29, 2012 04:31 pm + 8 comments

  As reported on webOS Nation, Sam Greenblatt — CTO of the webOS program inside HP — has Continue reading…

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  RIM reportedly lays off multiple high-level executives under new CEO's direction

  By Bryan Bishop on March 29, 2012 04:22 pm + 46 comments

  We were expecting some bad news to come out of RIM's earnings call today, and it looks like the Continue reading…

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  Fair Labor Association releases Apple labor investigation report, details serious worker issues at Foxconn factories

  By Laura June on March 29, 2012 04:15 pm + 149 comments

  The Fair Labor association has just released its anticipated report on its investigation of Apple's Continue reading…

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  Digital magazine numbers have doubled, but only make up one percent of overall sales

  By Andrew Webster on March 29, 2012 04:05 pm + 5 comments

  The number of people reading digital magazines has doubled, though the medium still counts for just Continue reading…

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  Spotify and The Echo Nest team up to offer better music recommendations

  By David Pierce on March 29, 2012 03:47 pm + 7 comments

  Better recommendations are something of a white whale in the entertainment world — Netflix offered Continue reading…

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  Former counter-terror czar: Chinese-made electronics contain backdoors for hackers

  By Adi Robertson on March 29, 2012 03:29 pm + 45 comments

  Richard Clarke, a longtime former US counter-terrorism adviser, thinks that by manufacturing Continue reading…

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  GoE3 plans for 500 EV chargers on coast-to-coast interstates by 2015

  By Jamie Keene on March 29, 2012 03:07 pm + 14 comments

  Arizona's GoE3 has announced plans to place 500 electric vehicle chargers along major interstates in Continue reading…

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  Bump Pay lets you send money by tapping your iPhone

  By Adi Robertson on March 29, 2012 02:48 pm + 4 comments

  Bump, the service that lets people exchange contact information by tapping their iPhones together, Continue reading…