Apple Inc said on Monday that a U.S. non-profit labor group has begun an unprecedented inspection of working conditions at its main contract manufacturers, including Foxconn's plants in southern China, as the maker of the IPhone continues to grapple with persistent image problems there.
Apple issued a press release on Monday announcing that the Fair Labor Association has begun investigating Foxconn's upon Apple's request. It was a necessary move, but it would never have happened without CEO Tim Cook at the helm.
As Apple readies its next-generation tablet -- the iPad 3 -- for a March release date, countless questions about the device still remain. Who made the display? Is it thinner or thicker than the iPad 2? What does it look like?
Apple, under attack for poor labor practices at its Asian contract manufacturers, said it had asked the Fair Labor Association to inspect them.
Shares of Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, hit the $500 mark Monday valuing the company at $462 billion. It remains the world's most valuable company.
Apple is busy prepping its next iPad, presumably called the iPad 3, for an early March unveiling. But even though this will be Apple's third iPad, there's a good chance the hype machine is actually promoting an iPad 2S.
On Thursday protestors in the U.S. joined others around the world by handing a 250,000 strong petition to employees at Apple's Grand Central Station store.
Apple has reportedly chosen the first week of March 2012 to introduce its next-generation iPad, the iPad 3. Sources said the Cupertino, Calif.-based company will hold its iPad 3 event in San Francisco, presumably at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Apple has been sued by Proview Technology for allegedly infringing upon their trademarked iPad name, and the Hong Kong-based company stands to win $1.6 billion and an apology from the world's biggest tablet maker.
After two stories detailed Apple's overseas operations, CNN released a report on Monday that features an 18-year-old female college student by the name of Miss Chen, who works overtime at Foxconn building iPads even though she had never seen one of Apple's finished tablets before.
Apple's recent statement that it may not introduce ARM-based Macs in the future has led CNET to believe that Apple's highly anticipated iPad 3 may arrive with a keyboard option.
By day, Robert Leitao manages a Catholic church in Southern California. By night, he indulges his other passion: predicting Apple Inc's results.
Apple's current CEO Tim Cook and his creative predecessor Steve Jobs are in stark contrast in terms of philanthropy.
First it was Smart TV, then 3D TV and now it's time for Apple iTV to complement living rooms. There's already widespread speculation about the company planning a cloud-based TV service, and the rumor received new legs when Walter Isaacson's posthumous Steve Jobs autobiography was released. In the book, Jobs discussed that television was the next domain Apple would conquer.
Apple is expected to reveal the iPhone 5 at the Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC) 2012, which will take place in San Francisco from June 6 to June 10. The new phone is said to feature a bigger screen and 4G LTE.
Adding more fuel to the rumor around Apple's third-generation iPad, latest reports highly suggest that the tablet will arrive in two different versions towards the end of March. The device is also very likely to sport a faster quad-core A6 processor, making it the fastest iOS device ever.
An unnamed source claims it is in possession of Apple's third-generation iPad, the iPad 3, and discovered code that reveals Apple may be building two different versions of the device, one with Wi-Fi only and one with Wi-Fi, GSM, CDMA and global LTE. Both will feature a new quad-core A6 processor.
In an e-mail reply to a fan, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the company's newest hire, senior VP of retail John Browett, was the best by far among the candidates eligible for the position.
Apple Inc has hired Dixons Chief Executive John Browett, who revived the British electronics retailer by emphasizing customer service, to lead the iPad maker's global retail expansion.
Some Apple users are unhappy with the way their gadgets are produced, and are calling on Apple to overhaul their production line ahead of the iPhone 5 release and make it the first ethical phone.
Apple's breakthrough achievement in the tech world is a result of its ground breaking platform in the form of iPhone and iPad which were launched in the past few years.
The protests against Apple's worker mistreatment practice are surging wave upon wave. A recent online petition demands the tech giant to take further steps in protecting workers and make its next iPhone the first ethical iPhone.
