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CNNMoney: 'Ethical iPhone' protests hit Apple storesupdated: Thu Feb 09 2012 14:38:00

Protesters visited a half-dozen Apple stores around the world on Thursday to deliver petitions calling for reforms in the working conditions at factories run by Apple's suppliers in China and other overseas locations.

CNNMoney: Protesters target Apple stores in 'ethical iPhone' campaignupdated: Thu Feb 09 2012 05:07:00

Apple is facing demonstrations on Thursday at a half-dozen of its retail stores around the world from customers concerned about how Apple's suppliers treat their factory workers in China and other overseas locations.

How Apple cuts costs in building its gadgetsupdated: Mon Feb 06 2012 20:20:00

On the backs of iPods, iPhones and iPads, and on the bottom of Mac laptops, an inscription reads: "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China."

A look at Apple supplier's China factoryupdated: Mon Feb 06 2012 20:20:00

CNN's John Vause describes the conditions he saw while visiting a Foxconn factory, Apple's supplier in China.

Apple manufacturing plant workers complain of long hours, militant culture updated: Mon Feb 06 2012 18:44:00

Miss Chen stares curiously at the iPad. Even though she works overtime in a factory in southwestern China that manufactures them, she's never seen the finished product.

Apple and Foxconn: Who made your iPhone?updated: Mon Feb 06 2012 16:51:00

CNN's Stan Grant talked to a Foxconn worker in China about conditions in factories where Apple products are made.

Inside story of Foxconn shrouded in secrecyupdated: Mon Feb 06 2012 16:51:00

We meet her by chance on the side of a road. She looks the very model of a Chinese factory worker: young, vibrant, dressed in the cheap brand-name knockoff fashions so common of poor rural villages.

Q&A: Apple's China supplier in the spotlightupdated: Mon Feb 06 2012 01:00:00

Earlier this month Apple released its annual supplier responsibility report which detailed alleged workplace health and safety protocol violations by its suppliers.

8 things you should know before building a mobile appupdated: Fri Feb 03 2012 09:56:00

App appeal is obvious. The barrier to entry? So low!

Apple threatened with product boycottupdated: Tue Jan 31 2012 09:36:00

Writer Dan Lyons discusses a call for a boycott on Apple products due to concerns over factory conditions.

CNNMoney: Apple tops Exxon as most valuable companyupdated: Wed Jan 25 2012 16:25:00

Apple nudged out oil giant ExxonMobil on Wednesday to become the most valuable publicly-traded company in the world.

Isaacson gives insight into Jobs' lifeupdated: Wed Jan 25 2012 15:24:00

CNN's Piers Morgan talks to author Walter Isaacson about Steve Jobs' life.

CNNMoney: Obama created more jobs than Steve Jobs' Appleupdated: Wed Jan 25 2012 15:07:00

There's no doubt that Apple is doing far better than the U.S. economy as a whole. But that doesn't mean Steve Jobs had a better jobs record than Barack Obama.

CNNMoney: With $97.6 billion, Apple has more cash than ...updated: Wed Jan 25 2012 13:12:00

Apple has nearly $100 billion in cash. $97.6 billion to be precise. That is a lot of iDough. Even for Warren Buffett. Perhaps it's time for Apple to, I don't know, use some of it?

CNNMoney: Apple's $46 billion sales set new tech recordupdated: Tue Jan 24 2012 18:12:00

Ask Siri how Apple recorded the best quarter in history for a tech company, and her answer should be: "Me."

CNNMoney: An Apple store is worth as much as the White Houseupdated: Tue Jan 24 2012 05:14:00

Which is more valuable: The White House or one single Apple store? It's almost a tie. Apple sells an annual average of $4,709 worth of merchandise per square foot in its hundreds of stores across the world. Meanwhile, the presidential mansion in Washington is valued at $4,752 per square foot, according to real estate website Zillow.

Tech Check: The Web blacks out for SOPA, Apple in the classroomupdated: Fri Jan 20 2012 16:35:00

On this week's Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg explain the internet blackout that saw sites like Wikipedia voluntarily go dark to protest SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), the bill before Congress targeting online piracy.

Report: Chinese workers threaten suicideupdated: Fri Jan 20 2012 10:33:00

Microsoft investigates a report that workers at a plant manufacturing Xbox systems threatened suicide in a pay dispute.

Apple, consumers must urge worker justiceupdated: Fri Jan 20 2012 10:33:00

Last week, Apple released its sixth annual supplier responsibility report, which detailed violations made by its suppliers. In the same week, news surfaced that about 150 Chinese workers at a giant manufacturing plant that produces Microsoft's Xbox 360 had threatened mass suicide by throwing themselves off their factory rooftop amid a labor dispute.

Apple wants schools to center on iPadupdated: Fri Jan 20 2012 10:08:00

Apple lifts the veil on its plans to remake the educational landscape. CNN's Maggie Lake reports.

CNNMoney: At $400 billion, Apple is worth more than Greeceupdated: Thu Jan 19 2012 16:20:00

Apple's value on the stock market briefly rose to $400 billion on Thursday, a record high for what was already the world's most valuable technology company.

Report: Apple to introduce 'GarageBand for e-books'updated: Tue Jan 17 2012 07:55:00

Apple is scheduled to host an education-related event on January 19 -- shrouded with a veil of mystery, as always. A new report from Ars Technica says the company is about to unveil a set of tools to create interactive e-books.

CNNMoney: Up next for Target: Apple, more designer brandsupdated: Fri Jan 13 2012 19:00:00

Hoping to offset a disappointing holiday season, Target is relying on some tried and true designer partnerships to bring more of its core customers through the doors and testing the waters with cult favorite Apple, in an effort to attract new ones.

Riots over latest iPhone in Chinaupdated: Fri Jan 13 2012 14:30:00

There were wild scenes outside a Beijing Apple store for the release of the new iPhone 4S. CNN's Stan Grant reports.

Apple halts sale of iPhone 4S in Chinese cities after scuffleupdated: Fri Jan 13 2012 14:30:00

Apple halted sales of its iPhone 4S in Beijing and Shanghai on Friday after scuffles broke out over a delayed launch of the device, sending a shopper hurling eggs at one of its stores in the capital.

CNNMoney: Apple's ghost hangs over CESupdated: Fri Jan 13 2012 12:33:00

The world's most influential gadget company famously shuns the annual Consumer Electronics Show extravaganza. Apple gives no keynotes, has no flashy booth, launches no products and doesn't officially attend. But as ever, it's the star around which thousands of other companies orbit.

Stroller sets up with touch of a buttonupdated: Thu Jan 12 2012 03:19:00

CNN's Katie Linendoll reveals new gadgets for parents, including a stroller that breaks down with a touch of a button.

Thin, metal Ultrabook laptops ready for takeoffupdated: Thu Jan 12 2012 03:19:00

At the gadget industry's annual crystal-ball convention, laptops look more like products of Aston Martin than Fisher-Price.

iPhone celebrates fifth birthday -- How has it changed?updated: Tue Jan 10 2012 07:48:00

Gadget fans may be focused on the CES trade show this week, but there's something else notable going on today: It's the iPhone's fifth birthday.

Future of Appleupdated: Tue Jan 10 2012 07:48:00

CNN's John King talks to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak about the future of Apple post-Steve Jobs.

CNNMoney: The new four horsemen of techupdated: Thu Jan 05 2012 08:01:00

It's 2012, the year that many believe will mark the end of the world. But if the four horsemen of the Apocalypse don't show up, you might want to make some smart investments for the long haul with a different kind of four horsemen.

2011: Apple launches iPad 2updated: Fri Dec 30 2011 12:28:00

With a surprise appearance by Steve Jobs, Apple debuts its iPad 2, the company's successful tablet computing gadget.

Tech Check: The 2011 year in reviewupdated: Fri Dec 30 2011 12:02:00

This week on the Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, Stephanie Goldberg and Brandon Griggs take a look back at 2011, breaking down some of the top technology stories of the year.

The 10 biggest tech stories of 2011updated: Mon Dec 26 2011 08:56:00

The technology industry often finds itself pontificating about the future, but the busy news cycle this year gave us plenty to discuss.

Report: Apple's iPhone, iPad chip now made in Texasupdated: Fri Dec 16 2011 17:49:00

Apple's A5 chip, which powers the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2, is now being produced in a Texas factory owned by Samsung, Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the operation.

The covert birth of Apple's next Santa Monica storeupdated: Fri Dec 09 2011 18:14:00

The clerks at Apple's store on Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade are well-trained.

Tech Check: The Apple Store's secrets, the Web goes .XXXupdated: Fri Dec 09 2011 14:05:00

On this week's Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, Stephanie Goldberg and Mark Milian discuss Mark's two-part look at the secretive world of starting up an Apple store.

Apple Store openings shrouded in secrecyupdated: Fri Dec 09 2011 06:23:00

When Apple pulls the veil off of its newest store on Friday, New Yorkers will get their first glimpse at the classical architecture-meets-computers retail space inside Grand Central Terminal.

Why Apple may never catch Microsoft in TV updated: Wed Dec 07 2011 19:26:00

"The problem with innovation in the television market is the go-to-market strategy," Steve Jobs told Hillcrest Labs' Dan Simpkins at the D8 conference in 2010.

TV isn't broken, so why fix it?updated: Fri Dec 02 2011 11:40:00

The technology industry is absolutely bent on reinventing television.

Siri can't direct you to an abortion clinicupdated: Thu Dec 01 2011 13:52:00

Siri can help you find drugstores and bars, but the iPhone 4S digital assistant is clueless when it comes to the locations of abortion clinics, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

What Siri won't help you withupdated: Thu Dec 01 2011 13:52:00

CNN's T.J. Holmes reports on uproar over the iPhone digital assistant's inability to help users find an abortion clinic.

Apple, Google diss standard mobile app rating systemupdated: Thu Dec 01 2011 07:45:00

In an effort to streamline and simplify the maturity ratings of software in mobile app stores, CTIA, the international wireless industry association, yesterday proposed a ratings system that store owners could voluntarily adopt.

Apple, Amazon lead big tech Black Fridayupdated: Mon Nov 28 2011 12:22:00

Hot-selling gadgets by Apple and Amazon appeared to drive tech sales on what, by all accounts, was a massive Black Friday.

CNNMoney: Ultrabooks could save the PCupdated: Mon Nov 28 2011 12:11:00

As the iPad eats away at personal computer sales, the PC appears to have found a potential savior in ... Apple?

Black Friday fanatics camp out for daysupdated: Wed Nov 23 2011 12:43:00

Dev Shapiro gets to Best Buy the Saturday before Black Friday to make sure he is first in line for the best deals.

Apple offering Black Friday discounts on iPads, iPods, Macsupdated: Wed Nov 23 2011 12:43:00

If you've been weighing buying a new Mac or iPad but are holding out for one of Apple's rare discounts, Black Friday is your chance.

New Apple patent would shield against broken glassupdated: Mon Nov 21 2011 09:30:00

Apple is a powerhouse of ingenuity, patenting ideas as soon as an engineer can scratch them down on paper (or iPad). Around three dozen Apple patents made their way through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week alone.

Android crushed the smartphone competition last quarterupdated: Wed Nov 16 2011 10:29:00

The smartphone OS space looks a whole lot different than it did a year ago. Android has seriously stepped up to become the top dog, Symbian is a force no more, and iOS ... well, not everything changes.

Readability gives free online news inbox with upcoming Apple appsupdated: Tue Nov 15 2011 23:36:00

Few people seem eager to return to the news articles they didn't have time to read during the day, and even fewer are willing to pay for that privilege.

CNNMoney: Apple names new chairman of the boardupdated: Tue Nov 15 2011 17:29:00

Apple filled its chairman of the board void left by Steve Jobs's death, naming the board's co-director Arthur Levinson to the position.

CNNMoney: Google offers opt-out for Wi-Fi trackingupdated: Tue Nov 15 2011 12:59:00

A year and a half after Google admitted that it had inadvertently collected unsuspecting people's personal information sent over the Internet via their wireless routers, the company has implemented a way for people to opt-out of having their routers tracked in the first place.

CNNMoney: Taking a bite out of Apple's stock priceupdated: Thu Nov 10 2011 14:01:00

The world must be upside down today with Cisco Systems shares up more than 6% on a stronger than expected earnings report and Apple's stock losing ground after a downbeat note from a research firm.

Apple: Siri is not coming to older devicesupdated: Wed Nov 09 2011 11:57:00

Smartphone owners hoping to talk to their iPhone 4 or 3GS about the weather, their schedule or the meaning of life appear to be out of luck.

Researcher: iPhone bug could let hackers steal photos, contacts and send textsupdated: Tue Nov 08 2011 14:52:00

A bug in Apple's mobile operating system allows hackers to take control of iPhone and iPad apps, using them to steal people's photos, contacts and even send text messages without the device's user knowing about it, according to a notable computer security researcher.

When the iPhone's Siri takes the day offupdated: Fri Nov 04 2011 11:37:00

Apple's voice assistant took an extended coffee break on Thursday.

Tech Check: All Fails, All the timeupdated: Fri Nov 04 2011 09:13:00

This week on the Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg are surlier than usual, expanding the Tech Fail of the Week feature to engulf not one ... not two ... but three tech industry stalwarts.

iPhone battery fix coming 'in a few weeks'updated: Thu Nov 03 2011 11:19:00

Apple has acknowledged a problem with battery life on the iPhone 4S and other devices running its new operating system. The company says a software update coming "in a few weeks" will address the problem.

Apple patent uses 3-D gestures to control an iPadupdated: Fri Oct 28 2011 08:02:00

Forget relying solely on touch to control your Apple device. On future iPads, you may be able to control your tablet from across the room using 3-D gestures, such as a swirl or swipe of the hand.

Apple's Siri will need to learn some new tricksupdated: Fri Oct 21 2011 06:22:00

Summon Siri, the digital assistant contained within the iPhone 4S, and ask: "Why is it so hard to find good help these days?"

CNNMoney: Apple delivers the unexpectedupdated: Wed Oct 19 2011 14:03:00

If there were a quote that best describes the nature of the earnings season so far, it would be, "The obvious rarely happens. The unexpected constantly occurs."

Apple closing some stores during Wednesday memorial serviceupdated: Wed Oct 19 2011 08:04:00

Apple has scheduled a company-only Wednesday memorial service for former CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs, who passed away two weeks ago.

14 years later, Dell founder backtracks on Apple attackupdated: Tue Oct 18 2011 18:30:00

Much has changed in technology over the past 14 years, including Michael Dell's forecast for the industry's biggest player, Apple.

CNNMoney: Apple sales top $100 billion, but fall short of estimatesupdated: Tue Oct 18 2011 18:08:00

In the past three months, Apple set new sales and profit records for the quarter and wrapped up a fiscal year in which it blew past the $100 billion mark. It sold an all-time record number of Macs and iPads.

Siri: Apple's new voice recognitionupdated: Tue Oct 18 2011 17:19:00

Apple's Scott Forstall demonstrates Siri, the new voice recognition software for iPhone 4S.

CNNMoney: Apple sells record 4 million iPhonesupdated: Mon Oct 17 2011 10:14:00

Apple said Monday that it has sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S smartphones since its launch three days ago, setting a sales record for the device.

For BlackBerry addicts, RIM is 'chipping away our faith'updated: Fri Oct 14 2011 16:53:00

The love affair between BlackBerry devotees and their mobile communicators is becoming strained, and some of them made the quarrel very public this week after a service outage.

CNNMoney: Google and Apple spark tech buyingupdated: Fri Oct 14 2011 14:15:00

Google extended its weekly gains to almost 15% after reporting another impressive quarter.

Tech Check: BlackBerry jam, iPhone 4S, a Google minusupdated: Fri Oct 14 2011 12:49:00

On this week's Tech Check podcast, Doug Gross, John Sutter and Stephanie Goldberg lead off the conversation talking about this week's BlackBerry outage.

Apple co-founder sits in line for iPhoneupdated: Fri Oct 14 2011 09:22:00

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is the first person in line to get the new iPhone 4S at a California Apple store.

CNNMoney: Apple spikes on pre-order sales recordupdated: Mon Oct 10 2011 14:13:00

The tech media might be disappointed by the new iPhone 4S features, but apparently current and future customers can't wait to snap up Apple's latest smartphone.

Apple, Jobs' family remember his 'extraordinary gifts'updated: Thu Oct 06 2011 00:37:00

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died Wednesday at 56, made the world "immeasurably better," the company's board of directors said in a statement.

CNNMoney: Apple is becoming ordinary -- and that's OKupdated: Wed Oct 05 2011 20:23:00

Apple's iPhone 4S announcement on Tuesday was surprisingly, well, normal.

Features of iPhone 4Supdated: Wed Oct 05 2011 19:30:00

Apple marketing SVP Phil Schiller explains the features of the new iPhone 4S.

Five reasons people are calling the iPhone 4S a dudupdated: Wed Oct 05 2011 19:30:00

Usually a cause for techno-euphoria, Apple's iPhone-a-palooza event on Tuesday had an unintended and unlikely effect: It made some corners of the Internet mad.

Apple's Siri voice assistant based on extensive researchupdated: Wed Oct 05 2011 07:10:00

The iPhone 4S may not look any different from its predecessor, but it is Apple's only model with a sort of robot living inside.

Apple introduces Siri, Web freaks out updated: Tue Oct 04 2011 18:19:00

When Apple introduced Siri, the talking, voice-activated "personal assistant" that will come with its new iPhone 4S, the Web leaped to the obvious, rational conclusion: That it's a sinister, potentially alien artificial intelligence that's bound to kill us all.

CNNMoney: Apple suppliers' gains deflatedupdated: Tue Oct 04 2011 15:36:00

Shares of several tech companies expected to benefit from an anticipated Apple iPhone 5 tumbled from their highs Tuesday when a new version of its iPhone 4 was unveiled instead.

Chinese environmentalists target Appleupdated: Fri Sep 30 2011 14:15:00

Eunice Yoon reports on an environmental network in China that is targeting Apple.

Green activists in China target alleged Apple suppliersupdated: Fri Sep 30 2011 14:15:00

In the shadow of the bustling Kaedar Electronics plant a brightly colored kindergarten sits somewhat incongruously, its playground usually empty.

Excitement around Amazon, Apple releasesupdated: Thu Sep 29 2011 12:18:00

Mario Armstrong, host of Siriux XM's "Mario Armstrong's Digital Spin," on what to expect from upcoming product announcements.

Apple to kill iPod classic, shuffle?updated: Thu Sep 29 2011 12:18:00

The iPod classic, a venerable stalwart in the world of consumer technology, may be getting the axe along with its cousin, the iPod shuffle, according to a blog that focuses on Apple news.

CNNMoney: Apple to unveil new iPhone on Oct. 4updated: Tue Sep 27 2011 12:38:00

Apple confirmed Tuesday that it will hold a press event on Oct. 4 at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. Expected to be the star attraction: The long-awaited iPhone 5.

Facebook to launch iPad app at Apple's iPhone 5 eventupdated: Tue Sep 27 2011 07:40:00

Facebook will launch its long-awaited iPad app at Apple's iPhone 5 launch event on October 4, Mashable has learned. In addition to the iPad app, Facebook is also expected to release a revamped version of its iPhone app and may unveil an HTML5-based mobile app marketplace.

Report: Next iPhone to be unveiled October 4updated: Thu Sep 22 2011 13:27:00

Apple will unveil its next-generation iPhone at an event on Tuesday, October 4, according to a report on AllThingsD, a Wall Street Journal blog network.

Apple secures patents on China storesupdated: Wed Sep 21 2011 22:37:00

Apple has been granted patents on some of the distinctive elements of its store designs in China as the US company moves to better protect itself against rampant copying of not only its products but also its sales channels on the Chinese mainland.

CNNMoney: We like our PCs -- but love our Macsupdated: Tue Sep 20 2011 14:18:00

Americans' satisfaction with their personal computers is at an all-time high, but buyers' happiness with Apple's Macs continues to top Windows PCs.

CNNMoney: RIM's loss is Apple's gainupdated: Fri Sep 16 2011 15:12:00

Another disappointing quarter for Research in Motion.

CNNMoney: Apple: $76 BILLION in cash. Still no dividend?updated: Thu Sep 15 2011 15:48:00

Apple has more than $76 billion in cash and marketable securities on its balance sheet. That's a lot of scratch. Moolah. Bones. You get my point.

Apple bans app that shows ugly side of electronicsupdated: Wed Sep 14 2011 13:35:00

The maker of a mobile game highlighting the uglier side of electronics production has seen the game banned from Apple's App Store just hours after its release.

Plate of sushi may be an iPhone 5 spoilerupdated: Thu Sep 08 2011 11:02:00

This time, it only took a plate of tasty-looking raw fish to crank up the iPhone rumor machine.

Missing iPhone a high-tech mysteryupdated: Wed Sep 07 2011 21:47:00

CNN's Dan Simon reports on Apple's efforts to track down a suspected prototype for the iPhone 5.

Police investigating Apple house searchupdated: Wed Sep 07 2011 21:47:00

Police here have opened an investigation into the search of a man's home by Apple employees, an official said Wednesday.

Apple's philanthropy needs a rebootupdated: Mon Sep 05 2011 06:24:00

As newly crowned CEO Tim Cook gets used to his new role and the extraordinary power and pressure that it brings, many Apple fans will likely urge him to continue leading the company much as his famous, turtle-necked predecessor Steve Jobs did.

Police assisted Apple in search of man's homeupdated: Sat Sep 03 2011 10:37:00

Police officials said they helped Apple investigators, who searched a man's home here recently.

Apple rejects China pollution allegationsupdated: Fri Sep 02 2011 16:26:00

Apple has defended itself against allegations its suppliers in China committed environmental violations.

CNNMoney: Apple gives Tim Cook $384 million stock grantupdated: Fri Aug 26 2011 21:47:00

Steve Jobs took home $1 a year for serving as Apple's CEO. The company's new leader, Tim Cook, is getting a richer deal.

iPhone hacker Comex says he's landed an internship ... at Appleupdated: Fri Aug 26 2011 11:47:00

A 19-year-old who is probably the world's most noted iPhone hacker said Thursday he's been hired by Apple, the very company whose products he's been hacking into.

Opinion: Apple rivals likely to prevent monopolyupdated: Fri Aug 26 2011 06:19:00

Apple's ground breaking technology and its uncanny ability to understand what consumers really want has propelled the firm founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and his buddy Steve Wozniak to stratospheric heights.

Will Apple be OK without Jobs?updated: Fri Aug 26 2011 06:19:00

Writer Joe Nocera predicts a drop in Apple's stock price, but says Apple will be fine for the next two to three years.

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