Foxconn's Chairman, Terry Gou, has announced the company will continue to raise worker salaries, even though it planned to reduce overtime hours available to workers, in response to findings from the Fair Labor Association (FLA) audits, notes Reuters. "We are a saying now in the company, 'you work fewer hours, but get more pay'," Gou told...
Conan O'Brien has acquired Mashable.com and replaced Pete Cashmore as CEO. Listen to his reasons why he bought the company below: His first initiative as their new CEO was to leak Apple's rumoured iTV prototype. It's a stunning looking device, and I really, really want one. It'll go well with the new 'Skype for String'...
A new jailbreak tweak has just hit the Cydia store called DoubleDock. As the name suggests, the tweak lets you have a double dock on your jailbroken iPhone or iPod touch's homescreen. When you download and install the tweak, another row will be added to your dock. This will also increase your dock application limit from 4...
Ever wanted to make unlimited calls to your friends without requiring a computer, a mobile device or even a direct internet connection completely free? Well then, today is your lucky day as Skype introduces Skype for String, an experimental version of Skype that doesn’t require a computer or internet and lets you make unlimited calls to your family...
According to a brand evaluation survey from Nikkei BP Consulting, Apple is now the highest rated consumer brand out of over 1,000 different brands (via 9to5Mac), up from 11th place during the last year. This is the first time Apple has ranked No.1 in Japan, snatching the top spot from Google. The report suggests that the iPad...
It's not too often that you see Saurik on Twitter, so when he is, you pay attention. Saurik is the creator of Cydia, the widely popular 3rd party installer for iOS. Saurik (Jay Freeman in the real world) has been one of the largest contributors to the jailbreak scene, creating this platform for many other...
Firecore has released the latest version of Seas0nPass, the only jailbreak available for the AppleTV2 on the current firmware. This is a tethered jailbreak, so if you ever unplug your AppleTV, or if there's a power outage, you'll need to run the "boot tethered" part of the jailbreak. Firecore has also updated their ATVflash software,...
I looks like Rovio has another hit on their hands. The latest iteration of the hit Angry Birds franchise, Angry Birds Space, went on sale on multiple devices and platforms just one week ago, and it has already had over 20 Million downloads, world wide. Rovio announced the records sales for the company in a...
It has been widely known Apple was the first tech company to join the Fair Labor Association, as revealed in the release of the 2012 Supplier Responsibility Report. When ABC went 'on the ground' in China to observe Foxconn factories, they just happened to run into the FLA while an audit was being conducted, which...
An interesting report on a new Apple patent related to building 3D avatars has been published by Patently Apple today, which claims that Apple's 3D avatars app is in its final stages of development. The source has also posted a screenshot of the app running on an iPad in which one of the 3D characters has an...
According to some advertisement boards spotted in Parkland Mall (via M.I.C Gadget), which is situated in the main Century City shopping district of Dalian, China, it appears that Apple is looking to build its largest retail store in the world at this location. The ad (shown below) translates as “Apple’s World’s Biggest Flagship Store will be coming soon”. ...
CNN Money is reporting that Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, is among the highest rated, when it comes to how employees feel their CEO is running the company. In a study done by Glassdoor.com, employees of various tech companies in the US were asked, "Do you approve of the way your CEO is running the company?"....
