In an interview with the Chinese media, Tim Cook has confirmed that he has met with China Mobile's chairman and tipped that the cellular version of the iPad mini with arrive in China later this month. (more…)
Highlighting the importance of the Asian market, Tim Cook made his second visit to China in less than a year to meet with China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology Mao Wei for a discussion of the “state of the IT and communication industries in the country,” Bloomberg reports. (more…)
In order to bypass the Great Firewall, a system that blocks content by preventing IP addresses from being routed through in China, Apple has adopted HTTPS for searches and downloads on the version of iTunes used in China, reports The Register. Apple's move has come at a time when Chinese government is preparing to step up regulation of...
Apple has just issued a press release to announce iPhone 5 sales in China have exceeded 2 million in its first weekend: Apple® today announced it has sold over two million of its new iPhone® 5 in China, just three days after its launch on December 14. iPhone 5 will be available in more than...
Apple has today launched its latest and greatest iPhone 5 in 33 more countries, including China, whose 2nd largest wireless carrier China Unicom received 100,000 online pre-orders last week on 1st day of reservations. Fortune is reporting that the iPhone 5 saw mixed reception in different countries, with China getting a low turnout in chilly weather...
As an expected move after receiving final certification in China, Apple announced today that it will launch the iPhone 5, iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad in the country right on time for the Holiday season. (more…)
Following Apple, it was now the turn of Samsung to become the target of nonprofits investigating worker conditions in the South Korean company's Chinese suppliers. After being accused of enforcing excessive overtime, allowing exhausting working conditions, treatmenting workers inhumanely and abusing underage workers, Samsung has been forced to take action. (more…)
Rovio Entertainment co-founder Niklas He'd and executive Peter Vesterbacka have revealed to TechCrunch at the Slush conference today that Chinese players of Angry Birds have overtaken the US in terms of daily usage. They also shared how the company nearly went bust and they had to lay off 20 friends back in the early days. While the Angry Birds has already passed a billion...
Back in July, Apple agreed to pay $60 million to settle the dispute over ownership of the iPad name with Proview Technology, who was declared as the rightful owner of the iPad trademark by a court in China. Following the settlement, sales of the iPad have grown significantly in China with shipments for the third quarter reaching 2.07 million...
According to a report published today by MIC Gadget, thousands of locals lined up outside the new Shenzhen Apple Store to celebrate its grand opening, even though they knew that company's two most recent products i.e iPhone 5 and iPad Mini, won't be available at the store. Both the iPhone 5 and iPad Mini still haven’t...
It was discovered in late September Apple's Lightning USB cable housed authentication security measures to prevent third party manufacturers from reproducing the cable. In early October, claims quickly emerged third parties had already successfully bypassed Lightning security via direct access to unauthorized cracked chips. A teardown by Chipworks confirmed the existence of an unpublished Texas...
It appears some serious labour violations have occurred with Foxconn, one of Apple's main suppliers for its iOS devices. According to CNET, the company's own internal audit revealed some intern workers under the legal working age of 16: The company has issued a statement saying that it performed an internal investigation at its Yantai facility...
