Foxconn

Five years of experience and a degree are required for the full-time positions, which are described as being at a "senior" career level. Chengdu and Shenzhen are strategic targets for Apple not only because they are two of China's largest cities, but... Full Article at AppleInsider

CEO didn’t say what you think he said, the Supremes shut down Psystar, and more states pile on Apple in the ebook price-fixing case. The remainders for Tuesday, May 15, 2012 are so crazy they’re sane. The other day, when tech pubs reported that Foxconn... Full Article at Macworld

Chinese smartphone. Credit: Baidu BEIJING, May 15 (UPI) -- Baidu, China's Internet search giant, has announced its intention to enter the mass smartphone market with a phone running its own mobile operating system. The low-cost Changhong H5018, to be... Full Article at United Press International

You're looking right at it! Following the flagship Dell Streak Pro D43 (which was branded with what was then known as Baidu Yi aka version 1.0 of the platform), this Foxconn-built Changhong H5018 is the second smartphone to have its Android Gingerbread... Full Article at Engadget

December. Baidu's last smartphone, the Dell Streak Pro D43, was priced three times higher than the H5018 at 2,999 yuan, and was marketed toward business users and young trendsetters. This time, Baidu has partnered with Chinese handset vendor Changhong... Full Article at PC World

While Foxconn did not issue any comments about a possible Apple television, the company did forge a deal with LCD maker Sharp in March, giving it a 10 percent stake in the company for $808 million. That deal has sparked speculation that Sharp and... Full Article at AppleInsider

Gou, chief of Foxconn, has confirmed that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has an iTV in the works. The news, which instantly sent the consumer electronics industry into a tizzy, came at the end of a China Daily article about the plans of Hon Hai Precision Industry... Full Article at TechNewsWorld

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Foxconn, Apple's leading Asian manufacturing partner, is gearing up to make the much talked-about, high-definition Apple television set, according to a new report. China Daily is reporting that Foxconn Chief Terry Gou said during a recent news... Full Article at PC Magazine

Gou also states that neither development nor manufacturing has begun. Apparently, per China Daily at least, the television set will have an aluminum construction, Siri voice controls and FaceTime video calling. This is the most solid report to date of... Full Article at TechCrunch

The Foxconn chairman did, however, allegedly say that his company's recent deal with Sharp was made in preparation for a new Apple television. Foxconn bought a 10 percent share of Sharp in March for $808 million, allowing Sharp to stabilize its money... Full Article at AppleInsider

Foxconn has already initiated pay increases for its Chinese workers, including a wage hike of between 16 and 25 percent in February, while promising Apple it would hire more workers to cut down on the overtime hours being put in by its current workforce. Full Article at PC Magazine

That remediation program includes a pledge to cut down on hours to a maximum of 49 hours per week, including overtime, by July 2013. Given that reduced overtime will result in less pay, the FLA said Foxconn will develop "compensation packages" to make... Full Article at PC Magazine

Web site Digitimes. Numerous sources in Apple's supply chain, based in Taiwan, told Digitimes that Pegatron Technology has received orders for a new-generation iPhone to be launched in September and a 10-inch iPad to be launched in the fourth quarter. ... Full Article at United Press International

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"We've discovered that this [improving factory conditions] is not a cost. It is a competitive strength," Gou told reporters on Thursday, according to Reuters. "I believe Apple sees this as a competitive strength along with us, and so we will split the... Full Article at Ars Technica

The two companies plan to share the costs of making workers' day-to-day experiences more tolerable, although neither side is forthcoming with how much of the cost it plans to shoulder. Both Foxconn and likely Apple saw the better conditions as a... Full Article at Engadget

That prompted the company to announce a "significant" wage increase in April in an effort to court and keep employees. Apple's crackdown on supplier working conditions has had a ripple effect in the China, going beyond Foxconn, which is Apple's largest... Full Article at AppleInsider

Since a series of reports about troubling conditions at Foxconn plants, including suicides and charges of forced overtime, worker abuse and unsafe conditions, Apple and Foxconn have moved quickly to address the issue, Full Article at Top Tech News