Especially For Apple

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Mark Shields, of Change.org:

At Foxconn, one of Apple’s biggest manufacturers, there is a history of suicides, abusive working conditions, and almost no pay. These working conditions are appalling, especially for Apple.

I suppose we can infer that such practices are okay for Microsoft and Nintendo (among many, many others at Foxconn and, elsewhere in China).

(Via Cult of Mac)

Apple, Foxconn, and Working Conditions

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BSR, the company that the NYT used as a source for their shocking exposé on Apple said today:

There are several areas where the text you provided us is inaccurate and therefore presents an inaccurate account of events you aim to describe. It is untrue that Apple has consistently disregarded advice that BSR has provided about problems related to working conditions in its supply chain.

Also, Foxconn manufactures products for companies:

  • Acer Inc. (Taiwan)
  • Amazon.com (United States)
  • Apple Inc. (United States)
  • ASRock (Taiwan)
  • Asus (Taiwan)
  • Barnes & Noble (United States)
  • Cisco (United States)
  • Dell (United States)
  • EVGA Corporation (United States)
  • Hewlett-Packard (United States)
  • Intel (United States)
  • IBM (United States)
  • Lenovo (China)
  • Logitech (Switzerland)
  • Microsoft (United States)
  • MSI (Taiwan)
  • Motorola (United States)
  • Netgear (United States)
  • Nintendo (Japan)
  • Nokia (Finland)
  • Panasonic (Japan)
  • Philips (Netherlands)
  • Samsung (South Korea)
  • Sharp (Japan)
  • Sony Ericsson (Japan/Sweden)
  • Toshiba (Japan)
  • Vizio (United States)

(via Wikipedia & Macworld)

Nintendo Posts Loss

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Reuters reports that Nintendo has posted it's first annual operating loss – ¥45B ($580M CAD). Wii is long in the tooth and 3D, as I have discussed before, is a useless gimmick. Wii-U doesn't strike me as very compelling at all… Nintendo was a big part of my childhood and I hope this is a blip and not a trend. Still… 61% is a long way to fall.

(via TheNextWeb)