iPhone 'just getting started in China,' Apple could reach 35M sales in 2013
Mon, Apr 30, 2012 - Apple has "enormous" potential to grow its sales in China, as one new estimate predicts Apple will sell 25 million iPhones there this year, and sales will grow to at least 35 million in 2013. ( 0 comments )
Foxconn workers protest wages, threaten to jump off factory roof [u]
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 - About 200 workers threatened to take their own lives on Friday at a building owned by Apple's Chinese manufacturing partner Foxconn over purported wage disputes and workplace conditions. ( 0 comments )
Apple allows inside look into Foxconn iPad factory
Wed, Apr 11, 2012 - Journalist Rob Schmitz, who exposed Mike Daisey's fabrications and exaggerations of Apple's Chinese suppliers, has produced an inside look at how Apple's iPad gets built in China for American Public Media's Marketplace. ( 38 comments )
Mike Daisey apologizes for his exaggerations and falsehoods involving Apple in China
Mon, Mar 26, 2012 - Following an exposé that dismantled the accuracy of his claims regarding workers' conditions among the manufacturers in China Apple uses to build its products, performer Mike Daisey has offered a new, broader apology. ( 64 comments )
Apple rumored to change default Chinese iPhone search from Google to Baidu
Mon, Mar 26, 2012 - An upcoming update to iOS will add support for China's Baidu search engine, with some reports indicating that Apple will shift the iPhone's default search from Google. ( 34 comments )
New York Times removes fabricated Mike Daisey allegations in Apple Chinese factory story
Fri, Mar 16, 2012 - After entertainer Mike Daisey's report on factory conditions in China was acknowledged to be fabricated to tell a dramatic story rather than being authentic reporting, the New York Times has removed portions of his claims from a "contributed" article it published last fall. ( 81 comments )
SumOfUS.org removes false claim from Apple petition after collecting signatures
Thu, Feb 23, 2012 - A petition drive run by SumOfUs.org, seeking to collect signatures prior to Apple's shareholder meeting today, has removed a primary claim it alleged against the company, substituting other deceptive wording after collecting tens of thousands of names with its original, very misleading allegations. ( 85 comments )
Siri rumored to gain support for Mandarin, Japanese and Russian in March
Wed, Feb 8, 2012 - An Apple software engineer reportedly working on the Chinese-language version of the company's Siri voice assistant says support for Mandarin, Japanese and Russian will be added in March, as well as localized navigation and information services. ( 31 comments )
Apple CEO hints at no ARM-based MacBook Air as iPad to "soon satisfy" that niche
Fri, Feb 3, 2012 - After meeting with Apple chief executive Tim Cook and chief financial officer Peter Openheimer, Citi analysts noted a strong iPad outlook leaving little likelihood of an ARM-based MacBook Air, vast growth potential in China, an indistinct future role for Apple TV, and the strength and importance of iCloud. ( 74 comments )
iPhone 4S sales resume online in China with shipments by March 2
Fri, Feb 3, 2012 - Apple's newest handset returns to the company's Chinese online store following a brief stoppage of sales due to overwhelming demand that led to scalpers and violence, though wait times for orders can range from overnight to weeks. ( 6 comments )
Chinese respond to report on Apple's suppliers in China
Fri, Jan 27, 2012 - The New York Times republished its scathing report on Apple's alleged indifference to workers' rights in China in a Chinese business magazine to solicit comments "that might prove illuminating for readers" here in the US. Those responses were subsequently buried in a blog post. ( 51 comments )
Tim Cook calls assault on Apple's ethics in China "patently false and offensive"
Fri, Jan 27, 2012 - Responding to a report by the New York Times that castigated Apple over an alleged permissiveness and indifference for workers' conditions among the suppliers it contract with in China, its chief executive Tim Cook rebutted the accusations in an email expressing "any suggestion that we don’t care is patently false and offensive to us." ( 182 comments )
Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn settles with protesting employees
Thu, Jan 12, 2012 - Apple's Chinese manufacturing partner Foxconn has settled a dispute with plant workers who threatened mass suicide over wages and working conditions at the company's Wuhan factory which produces Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console. ( 48 comments )
Dominant U.S. App Store may be surpassed by China in 2012
Wed, Dec 21, 2011 - Apple's U.S. App Store sales handily beat revenue generated from the Android Market in 2011, while strong Chinese growth gave the already immense numbers a shot in the arm and may surpass U.S. downloads in 2012. ( 7 comments )
Apple could pay $1.5B to Chinese company after iPad trademark lawsuit rejected
Tue, Dec 6, 2011 - A Chinese court rejected Apple's lawsuit accusing Proview Technology of illegally using the iPad name, allowing a counter suit as the Shenzhen company is said to have already registered the trademark in China. ( 61 comments )
Briefly: iPhone 4S passes China tests, Apple UK site #2 in traffic, Google updates iPad app
Mon, Nov 21, 2011 - The iPhone 4S has finally been approved for sale in China, Apple's online store was the second most trafficked retail site in UK between August and October while Google updated its search app for the iPad with a new UI and gesture controls. ( 7 comments )
Apple overtakes Nokia in China as iPhone brand, sales surge
Wed, Oct 26, 2011 - Apple's smartphone brand has surged ahead of Nokia among Chinese buyers' preference for their next 3G handset, as more than a third express a preference for iPhone, twice that for Nokia's models. ( 3 comments )
Apple overtakes Nokia in China as iPhone brand, sales surge
Wed, Oct 26, 2011 - Apple's smartphone brand has surged ahead of Nokia among Chinese buyers' preference for their next 3G handset, as more than a third express a preference for iPhone, twice that for Nokia's models. ( 17 comments )
Case makers gambled and lost on teardrop iPhone 5 design
Fri, Oct 14, 2011 - In a high-stakes gamble to push their products into stores at the same time as Apple's new iPhone, some smartphone case manufacturers based designs on leaked schematics for a so-called iPhone 5, ultimately losing a bet that cost them tens of thousands. ( 20 comments )
Baidu forks Android to introduce its own mobile OS for China
Mon, Sep 5, 2011 - Baidu, Google's Chinese counterpart in search, has announced plans to take Android, strip it of Google's apps and services and replace them with its own under the brand Baidu Yi. ( 240 comments )
