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More Foxconn suicides reported
Just as it seemed the Foxconn suicide saga was winding down, reports have emerged that three more workers have killed themselves over the past three weeks. -
ZTE pays Microsoft protection money
According to Reuters, Microsoft is receiving cash from Samsung. LG and HTC. It has yet to strike a deal with Huawei but last week managed to get Hon Hai, the parent of Foxconn, to sign up. -
Apple returns millions of faulty iPhones to Foxconn
Foxconn could be about to spend a quarter of a billion dollars replacing millions of faulty iPhones, dumped back on its heels by Apple. -
Hon Hai signs up for Microsoft Android patent deal
Hon Hai, parent company of electronics maker Foxconn, has signed a deal with Microsoft that will allow it to legally produce devices with Android and Chrome OS patents - the cash going to Redmond for each device. -
Foxconn hiring 10,000 assembly line workers per week
Foxconn has gone on a hiring spree, adding as many as 10,000 assembly line jobs per week in Zhengzhou, its major iPhone production facility. -
Foxconn allegedly fires employees with suicidal tendencies
Foxconn has reportedly come up with a cunning plan to reduce the number of suicides in its dormitories in mainland China. Rather than improving working conditions, the company seems to be firing workers with suicidal tendencies. -
Amazon hires Microsoft mobile expert
Some analysts had expected a Kindle smartphone to launch last year and Foxconn was named as working on the hardware. In January, Amazon acquired Ivona, a computer speech provider which could be used to create a voice assistant. -
Foxconn tapped for Google's Project Glass
Google has decided that Foxconn will get the contract for its internet eyeware, Project Glass. -
Foxconn International reports drop in 2012 profits
It's all gone a bit Gouey for Foxconn, with the company admitting to making a loss in 2012. -
Samsung wants to kill Taiwan
According to Business Today magazine, Samsung's top policy makers decided to adopt the "kill Taiwan" strategy after the 2008 crisis. The two prime targets for Samsung's onslaught are TSMC, the world's largest foundry for hire, and Hon Hai, which is basically the name Foxconn uses when it doesn't wan -
Foxconn searches for more workers in deepest China
Electronics manufacturing powerhouses like Foxconn are having to open factories in inland China because of labour shortages at their usual industrial bases, including in the coastal Guandong area. -
MIT chip promises speedy HDR processing
Smartphone cameras are getting better with each new generation, but the lack of quality optics and the small size of the sensors means they are still miles away from compact cameras. However, a team of researchers at MIT, with generous Foxconn funding, could change that for the better. -
Foxconn freezes job hirings
Foxconn has allegedly put a recruitment freeze in place across its fleet of factories in China. -
Foxconn supplier hit by strike action
1,000 staff at a Foxconnpartner's plants went on strike over the weekend, causing yet more problems for the company and drawing the attention of rights groups. -
Foxconn in bribery scandal
Hon Hai Group Chairman Terry Gou has promised to aggressively investigate claims that Foxconn had been bribing suppliers. -
We deliver our IT predictions for 2013
The company's share price falls to $13 by the middle of the year and Mark Zuckerburg decides it is time to drive his company into profit. He manages this changing Facebook's terms and conditions so that by joining, members are agreeing to be sold into slavery to Foxconn as cheap labour. -
French journalists expose Foxconn again
Claims by Apple and Foxconn that they had fixed the labour problems have turned out to be spin, according to a French expose by Envoyé Spécial. -
Samsung finds no child labour at its Chinese sites
Apple also had similar problems with its suppliers in China. Its supplier, Foxconn, dragged students away from their studies on "work experience" to make sure that the toys got to the shops in time.
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