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31 May 2010 22:21

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Tech: Apple to Foxconn workers: Here’s some money; stop killing yourselves

  • 20% the size of the raises Apple is giving FoxConn employees so they stop committing high-profile suicides
  • .7% the amount the raises will raise the outsourcing cost of the iPad’s sale price, from 2.3 to 3 percent source
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17 Feb 2010 21:40

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Tech: Apple’s got “extreme” security around their upcoming products

See this compound here in China? This is where some of Apple’s newest products are made. They go to “extreme lengths” to protect the secrecy of the products. source
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22 Jul 2009 20:35

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Tech, World: iPhone prototypes: Serious business in China – deathly serious

  • 1st A Chinese worker for Foxconn was entrusted with a 4th Generation iPhone prototype.
  • 2nd The worker lost the phone, told his bosses, freaked out, and killed himself last week.
  • 3rd A Foxconn security guy was suspended, and Chinese police are investigating. source
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