Foxconn

Apple has admitted it has a bit of a human rights problem. The problem lies not with the people employed directly by Apple, but rather with its overseas suppliers who manufacture the bulk of its products.According to UK newspaper, The Independent, workers in the Chinese Foxconn plants that manufacture ...

Apple is moving to become the world’s first fair trade tech company. It has, for the first time, disclosed the identities of 156 of its suppliers and has also announced that it will become the first tech company to join the Fair Labour Association (FLA).The move is something of an ...

There has been a lot of discussion lately about US jobs and Silicon Valley's role in helping to rebuild the US workforce. US government officials and many others believe that Silicon Valley is key to reviving US jobs growth. But is this really true?It's worth revisiting an article in ...

Innovation Works, a Chinese high-tech investment firm has secured major funding from a number of high profile tech companies for a startup incubation fund. According to the Wall Street Journal's Market Watch, the firm has successfully raised US$180-million, for its Innovation Works Development Fund (IWDF).The IWDF is the first ...

Taiwan IT giant Foxconn -- hit by a spate of suicides at its Chinese plants -- has announced plans to replace 500 000 human workers with one million robots in the next three years.Foxconn -- the world's largest maker of computer components, which assembles products for Apple, Sony, and Nokia ...