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Advocacy group China Labour Watch has laid a fresh set of allegations at the feet of Apple regarding the conditions placed upon its Chinese workforce. Bloomberg reports that the organisation has accused Apple’s Taiwanese supplier Pegatron Corp of using underage workers, paying insufficient wages and forcing employees to work overtime”. …
Read More »Revenue up and profit down as Apple posts growing iPhone sales and declining iPad numbers
Apple has posted higher than expected profit amidst growing sales of its iPhone 5. Net profit hit $6.9bn, a 22 per cent year-on-year decline compared to same quarter last year. Revenue grew slightly from $35bn last year to $35.5bn. Average sale price fell from $608 to $581. It sold 31.2m …
Read More »Apple sells record number of iPhones
Smartphone manufacturer is increasing its hold on the market despite falling profits
Read More »Hackers attempt Apple dev site breach
Apple’s developer centre is currently offline and a message warns visitors that an attempt was made to access secure personal information of registered developers. A Turkish security researcher now claims that he was responsible for the violation, which he claims has exposed flaws in Apple’s system. Last Thursday [July 18th], …
Read More »Apple developer site experiences hack attempt
Tech giant is now rebuilding its systems, while a Turkish researcher claims responsibility
Read More »Key Release: Hansoft 7.0
Develop considers the arrival of Hansoft's project management tech on Mac
Read More »Free Apple promo sparks 6m downloads of Infinity Blade II
Sales for paid titles also rise on back of special deal
Read More »Infinity Blade II tallies 5.7m downloads during free promotion
Epic’s Infinity Blade II was downloaded 5.7m times as part of Apple’s free-app promo during the App Store’s anniversary celebration. AllThingsD reports the figure was accumulated over a week, with 1.7m of the downloads taking place on the first day alone. The game has now been downloaded nearly 50m times …
Read More »Report: Apple in talks to buy Kinect sensor manufacturer Primesense
The technology company that provided Microsoft with the original Kinect sensor is reportedly being courted by a pair of rival companies. VentureBeat translates a report from Israeli outlet Cacalist, which states Apple, Sony and Samsung have met with manufacturer PrimeSense regarding the acquisition of tech similar to that of the …
Read More »Apple’s arrogance is ‘unbelievable’
Matmi founder speaks out on lack of developer support from iOS giant and Google
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