January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Tim Cook Emails Apple Employees In Response To NY Times Article

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Yesterday’s NY Times article described at length the poor conditions and environment at Foxconn, the manufacturing plant responsible for Apple’s iPhone and iPad products. The article cites dozens of current and former Apple employees as the source for their story. The authors contacted Apple, but they declined to comment. Now we are hearing from 9to5Mac that Apple CEO Tim Cook has addressed the issue with employees of the company, authoring an email in which he calls claims that Apple doesn’t care about working conditions as “patently false and offensive to us“.  The full context of this email follows:

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January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

NY Times On The Human Cost of Manufacturing iPhones, iPads

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The NY Times has an interesting look at the labor conditions at Foxconn, one of the largest manufacturers of Apple’s iPad and iPhones. Former Apple executives claim the company’s interest in fast delivery of new products often conflicts with their desire to improve conditions, which are described as “onerous work environments and serious – sometimes deadly – safety problems”.
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January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

AT&T Records Strong Quarter With 7.6 Million iPhone Activations

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Following up Apple’s monster quarter, we are starting to see more companies reporting earnings including AT&T Wireless, who have seen growth in wireless revenues and wireless data. It was their best quarter in history for sales of Android phones and the iPhone, reporting 7.6 million activations. On Tuesday, Apple reported sales of 37 million iPhones.
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January 25, 2012 By 2 Comments

How to Use Notifications Center in iOS 5 on your iPhone

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With iOS 5, Apple introduced a major update to how notifications are handled on the iPhone. If you are using an iPhone 4S or have upgraded your iPhone to iOS 5, then you’re likely familiar with the process of swiping down to reveal your notifications. This is a very powerful and useful section on your iPhone. With some tweaking, you can improve your experience with notifications. Here are some tips for how to best utilize the Notifications Center in iOS 5 on your iPhone.

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January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Motorola Seeks Injunction Against Apple’s iPhone 4S, iCloud

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The legal tussle between Google and Apple continues, this time around with Motorola seeking an injunction against the iPhone 4S and iCloud. The lawsuit was filed by Motorola Mobility, with the blessing of Google. Motorola Mobility was purchased by Google last year for $12.5 billion.  According to FOSS Patents, the agreement does not allow Motorola to “assert any Intellectual Property Right in any new Action” without Google’s consent. Motorola Mobility is seeking the injunction in a Florida, where the same six patents were asserted against older Apple products.

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January 25, 2012 By 49 Comments

Is the iPhone 5 ready for production for a summer release?

According to 9to5Mac sources within Foxconn, Apple is preparing to start production of the iPhone 5. This would indicate a summer release for the new iPhone, which follows past release trends that were bucked last year with the October iPhone 4S release. There are reportedly a number of new iPhones floating around, making it difficult to correctly assess which will be the production model.

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