Thursday, April 12, 2012

Ipad foxconn

  • After exposing storyteller Mike Daiseys fabrications about working conditions at Foxconn, NPR Marketplace reporter Rob Schmitz got a rare inside look inside the Apple suppliers Shenzhen plant to see an iPad being made.
  • (PC Magazine)
  • Much has been written about conditions at Foxconn, the embattled Chinese manufacturer for Apple and a host of other hardware companies.
  • (Wired News)
  • American Public Media's Marketplace is providing a behind-the-scenes look at how iPads are made and the people who assemble them, a true feat considering that Apple rarely allows filming inside its production facilities.
  • (PC World)
  • Nevertheless, this video, shot by Rob Schmitz, Shanghai bureau chief for American Public Media's Marketplace offers a fascinating glimpse of the process by which an iPad is created.
  • (Mashable.com)
  • with some of the footage from inside the Foxconn factory he visited. The video shows the steps of iPad construction, which reveal the introduction of some automation but confirm that the tablet is made largely by hand. The report offers a few new details as well.
  • (MacNN)
  • April 12, 2012, 9:59 AM — The next time you watch a video where someone puts an iPad into a blender or callously destroys it, think back at these Chinese workers who make $14 a day building those iPads.
  • (IT World)
  • (MSNBC)- The release of the third-generation iPad gave us a (very) brief break from Apple gossip up this release date and explains that the head of human resources at Foxconns Taiyuan factory said that the device will become available around October.
  • (KCEN TV NBC 6)
  • Bloomberg and Reuters reported over the last 24 hours that Apple CEO Tim Cook took a tour of a new Foxconn iPhone and iPad assembly factory this week. It is his first trip to China.
  • (Forbes)
  • According to a reliable source at Foxconn in China, the various prototypes circulating something that seems more likely now that Apples released an iPad with 4G support.
  • (CIO Insight)
  • The conditions at those facilities have been under scrutiny in recent years, particularly after at least 10 workers committed suicide at plants owned by Foxconn.
  • (Businessweek)

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