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Foxconn becomes Microsoft's biggest Android patent licensee

By Sam Byford on April 17, 2013 12:49 am + 163 comments

Foxconn has agreed to license patents that Microsoft holds relating to Android and Chrome OS. Continue reading…
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At a Chinese art museum, an iPad on a pedestal

By T.C. Sottek on January 21, 2013 12:05 pm + 13 comments

The New Yorker reports that the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing has a curious new Continue reading…
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Apple's Tim Cook visits China for the second time in a year

By Tim Carmody on January 8, 2013 09:32 am + 18 comments

On Tuesday, Tim Cook met with Industry and Information Technology Minister Miao Wei as part of his Continue reading…
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Foxconn's Apple factories start to show signs of improved working conditions

By Sam Byford on December 27, 2012 04:58 am + 42 comments

Close to a year after publishing an explosive report alleging dangerous and unfair labor conditions Continue reading…
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Mac mini said to be first US-built computer in Apple's domestic production push

By Jeff Blagdon on December 26, 2012 11:04 pm + 175 comments

Apple and Foxconn are moving Mac mini production to the US, says DigiTimes, contradicting earlier Continue reading…
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Apple TV set designs in 'early stage' of testing, says WSJ

By Sam Byford on December 12, 2012 02:57 am + 181 comments

Apple is working with Sharp and Foxconn to test designs for a TV set, according to a report in the W Continue reading…
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Foxconn begins replacing workers with robots ahead of US expansion

By Amar Toor on December 11, 2012 06:17 am + 86 comments

In June 2011, Foxconn CEO Terry Gou announced plans to deploy one million robots across factory Continue reading…
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Foxconn planning North American expansion as Apple looks to bring manufacturing to the states

By Nathan Ingraham on December 6, 2012 11:17 am + 95 comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook already revealed plans to spend $100 million in 2013 to bring some of its Continue reading…
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Foxconn suicide-inspired game arrives on Android a month after App Store removal

By Justin Rubio on November 12, 2012 03:48 pm + 117 comments

Exactly one month ago, In a Permanent Save State was removed from Apple's App Store an hour after it Continue reading…
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Foxconn takes 'full responsibility' for underage workers at Nintendo facility

By Justin Rubio on October 24, 2012 01:03 pm + 26 comments

After launching an investigation in reaction to reports that Foxconn hired underage interns one of Continue reading…