Factory workers in China who work for Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, which also uses the trade name Foxconn, may see their wages increase as Hon Hai considers upping wages, but has said it has nothing to do with the suicides at their Shenzhen operation. According to an article over on the Wall Street Journal,…

Nokia’s Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Olivier Cognet, during the Mobile Money Summit has stated that if mobile money partnerships are to succeed they need to acknowledge which of the partners brings in new customers. According to an article over on Mobile Business Briefing, Cognet stated that the partner which originally draws a…

The situation at iPhone manufacturer Foxconn is getting way out of hand as it appears a 12th Foxconn employee has jumped from a building window and has become the 10th fatality in a spate of suicide attempts. According to an article over on Gizmodo by Kat Hannaford, the latest death followed just hours after Foxconn’s…

Due to the continued fatalities at iPhone maker Foxconn, which we have reported about quite recently (here) and (here) for example; on Wednesday, Apple has stated they are independently investigating Foxconn’s steps to address the spate of suicides at their plant in Shenzhen. According to an article by Charmian Kok on the Wall Street Journal,…

It appears there is not enough competition in the United States wireless arena according to a recent report by the Federal Communications Commission and suggests that the major carriers could come under federal scrutiny. According to an article by Choung Nguyen of Pocket Now by way of Apple Insider, the FCC has stated that the…

Just goes to show that in this day and age no ones job is too secure, even software giant Microsoft is tipped to be making some staff changes across their Entertainment & Devices division which includes Xbox and Windows Phone. According to the article over on the WSJ by Nick Wingfield, “people familiar with the…

Presumable to ease the strain on their network the Big Blue is moving outdoors and will trail their first ever free outdoor internet hotspot in Times Square New York City which will enable AT&T pedestrians using their smartphones to connect to the internet for free over WiFi. According to the article over on the WSJ…

Still the fatalities continue at iPhone maker Foxconn, we recently reported on the last suicide at Foxconn which can be read (here), well apparently the tally of deaths is now rising again as today the eleventh Foxcon employee has jumped for the factory. According to an article by Kat Hannaford over at Gizmodo, at 6.30am…

Monday Nokia announced a partnership with Yahoo which will see Nokia become the exclusive worldwide provider of maps and navigation services from Yahoo and will fall under the branding of “powered by Ovi.” According to an article over on ZDnet by David Meyer, Yahoo will also power Nokia Ovi Chat and Mail with Yahoo Messenger…

In their never-ending pursuit to dominate and control everything that is Apple, the iconic iPhone maker applies for numerous trademarks to protect their goods. Last one we heard of was iTunes Live, and before that it was Made for iPhone. Wee now it appears that Apple is taking the trademark thing a step further as…

I am fairly sure just about everyone in the mobile space knows about the rash of suicides at iPhone maker Foxconn. To be honest one suicide would be enough but for some strange reason Foxconn has seen more than enough of this. It appears yet another youth has plunged to their death from a window…