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Valuation of world's richest company drops by 20 per cent despite impressive sales of iPhone 5 and iPad mini

Chinese technology manufacturer Foxconn has admitted hiring children as young as 14 to work in its factories. Reuters reports that Foxconn has admitted to the discovery some interns” at its Yantai plant who were aged between 14-16. Said the company: "This is not only a violation of China’s labor law, …

Outspoken tech exec and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has labelled his former employer as arrogant” regarding its refusal to make the iPhone 5 larger. Though the design and construction of Apple’s latest handset is undoubtedly amongst the very best on the market, the handset is certainly undersized compared to its …

Apple’s fight to get the iPhone 5 into customer’s hands is continuing to prove troublesome. It has already had to deal with the iOS 6 Maps fiasco and potential issues with its camera, and now early claims of scratched casing are leading to production issues. Bloomberg reports that senior Apple …

Production of the iPhone 5 has been halted once again following fresh disruption at Chinese manufacturer Foxconn. Reports from Asia suggest that up to 4,000 workers at the controversial factory have staged a walkout over a dispute about forced holiday work, stopping iPhone 5 production lines at multiple” locations. The …

Apple has officially responded to the iPhone 5’s purple flare” issue in the usual way – it’s blamed its customers. Hot on the heel of both iOS 6 Map-gate” and this phone scratches far too easily-gate”, the purple flare” problem is the latest to set Apple’s forums alight. Users have …

You’re nothing but a mindless number. It’s time to liberate yourself – by buying an alternative expensive smartphone? That’s the mindset Nokia is hoping to engender with its new Lumia 920 short. In it Apple fans are depicted and mindless automatons, grimly queuing to get their hands on an iPhone …

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Poor working conditions lead to 'loss and hopelessness' for thousands of Chinese

A Chinese journalist has shone on a light on the working conditions that prompted a riot at the Foxconn factory assembling the iPhone 5. MCV reported yesterday that police were called to calm a brawl involving some 2,000 workers. The disturbance was prompted by the poor conditions that workers have …