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Child Labour Used In Apple Factories

Child Labour Used In Apple Factories

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Consumer electronics giant, Apple, has admitted that teenagers have worked on some of its products in factories although all of them reached the minimum age of employment, 16, at the time of the audit. The Supplier Responsibility 2010 Progress Report, compiled by Apple itself as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility programme, did not disclose the names of the factories involved or where they are geographically located.  But the fact that most of Apple's...



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The recently published annual Brandz report on the world's most valuable brands has sent analysts into overdrive over the last couple of days. Apple still dominates the charts as the most powerful global brand, trouncing itself...


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The neverending legal battle between Apple and the almost bankrupt Proview over the iPad name is still ongoing. Recently, a Chinese court sent the two companies to resolve their dispute by negotiating. The Guangdong...


Apple Issues Threat to Proview in iPad Trademark Case

Apple Issues Threat to Proview in iPad Trademark Case

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The legal battle between the world's largest tech company and a bankrupt Chinese firm is getting more intriguing by the week. Apple is fighting for the right to the iPad trademark in China, which Proview Technology argues it...


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Apple iPad 2 Successor To Have Three LCD Suppliers

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We are not sure exactly when the iPad 2 successor will be released but there are already ongoing talks about possible component suppliers for the tablet expected early next year. DigiTimes comes with news from another...


AMNews: High Sales Reported For Amazon Kindle, Acer Releases Ethos, Apple Launches iCloud, Office 365 Features

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Amazon’s Kindle e-reader is sailing high in terms of sales figures, and now accounts for a significant portion of the company's total revenue, new reports revealed. Kindle made its debut in the market three and a half year...


Apple To 'Fix' iPhone Location Logging Bug

Apple To 'Fix' iPhone Location Logging Bug

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The worldwide media has blasted Apple after the discovery that the iPhone stores a “secret file” that records data about the owner's whereabouts. The finding has been damaging to Apple’s reputation, so the...


Apple Creates New Online Forum, "Apple Support Communities"

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Apple has finally introduced its new Apple Support Communities social online forum as a replacement of the aging Apple Discussion Board. According to the company, this new forum adds social networking features that will...


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In an interview on The Alyona Show, (in)famous hacker George Hotz AKA GeoHot confirmed that he will try his hands at the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play and confirmed that he was excited about the iPhone 5 which should be launched in...


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