Children mine cobalt used in smartphones, other electronics
Amnesty International has identified key electronics brands such as Apple and Samsung as not doing the necessary checks to prevent…
U.S. court bans the sale of some Samsung phones at Apple's request
A federal court in California has banned the sale in the U.S. of Samsung smartphones that have features that infringe…
Why not just monitor the installation with Skype?
The company where this pilot fish works uses kiosks to enter customer information at remote sites — and in this…
Qualcomm sets up joint venture in China for server chips
Qualcomm is setting up a server chipset design and sales unit with a provincial government in China, a move that…
Twitter was down, but now it’s creaking back up again
Twitter was down, but it’s gradually recovering—if you’re still not seeing it, please stop mashing the reload button; maybe go outside…
Twitter is currently experiencing technical difficulties
The super-popular micro-blogging platform, Twitter is currently down for many across platforms and on the web. Clients are failing to…
Proxying SSL via Charles from Vagrant
The Swift application that I’m currently developing gets data from Twitter and I was struggling to get a valid auth…
Apple wins US ban of Samsung software features, only affects obsolete products
After months of back-and-forth litigation, Apple won a US sales ban against certain Samsung software features found in infringement of…
Apple's 2015 EEO-1 report shows slow progress toward workplace diversity
Over the weekend, Apple quietly released its latest EEO-1 Federal Employer Information Report tallying employment diversity information through Aug. 1,…
New Report Says Apple's Battery Suppliers Use Cobalt Mined by Child Labor
Child labor is being used in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to mine cobalt, a mineral used in lithium-ion…