Controversial Apple gadgets manufacturer Foxconn Technology Group revealed on Saturday that it has raised wages for its Chinese workers by as much as 25 percent.
The move from Foxconn comes as suppliers of Apple are being scrutinized because of alleged dubious labor practices.
According to Foxconn, which also manufactures consumer electronics products for companies like Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, the increase in wages for its employees put the employees’ wages far above the minimum wage …

After getting at least one city in China to seize Apple iPad tablets, Proview has admitted that it will be much harder to get a country-wide import and export ban imposed, a report from Reuters says.
According to the news organization, a Proview official has told them that Chinese authorities have hinted to the company that a ban on the import or export of the iPad in China may be hard to do.
This is because of the sheer size of the market for iPad tablets, Reuters says.
“The customs have …

Authorities in a northern China city have impounded Apple iPads from stores around the city because of a dispute Apple has with a Chinese technology company with the naming rights to the popular tablet.
According to The Associated Press, authorities in the city of Shijiazhuang seized Apple iPads from stores in the city on Thursday as Apple continues battling Shenzhen Proview Technology regarding the naming rights to the iPad.
Proview has just recently said that Apple may pay a preliminary fine …

California-based iPad-maker Apple may be forced to issue an apology and pay a hefty fine of $38 million for the use of the name iPad in China, a new report reveals.
According to the Global Times, the news comes from a representative of Hong Kong-based Proview Electronics who said that the company is anticipating that aside from a demanded apology, Apple will have to pay them a $38-million fine for using the iPad name.
Proview previously owned the trademark for the term iPad but it was …

ZTE Corp is considering the Chinese and U.S. markets as its key markets for its push become an even bigger player in the mobile industry.
ZTE is currently the world’s fourth-biggest handset manufacturer in the world riding largely on feature phones it sells by multitudes in China and other emerging markets.
However, the Chinese company is looking to start an assault on the smartphone space as it relegates production from low-end feature phones for better margins, a new report says.
The move …

Last year, 56 million Chinese people used the Internet for the first time. Latest figures, published yesterday, show that the total number of Chinese web users reached 513 million, being ranked first among countries with the most web users.
Most users use weibos, microblogging websites similar with Twitter, which are passing the harsh censorship condition of Chinese authorities. These microblogging websites have great success among the Chinese, since are offering the opportunity to express …

China already has more than 500 million internet users, a government institution from the country has revealed on Monday.
According to the China Internet Network Information Center, there were 513 million internet users in China for the month of December last year.
This represents a 12 percent increase from the figures of internet users in the country in the same month in 2010.
China has seen a steady and fast increase in the number of internet users in the country even though the country’s …

Chinese handset makers feeling the pressure of continuing legal assaults between companies in the technology industry involving the use of patents infringements lawsuits have banded together to ward off this kind of attacks, a new report says.
The news comes via DigiTimes which says that “A number of handset makers in China” have agreed to form an alliance.
This alliance reportedly includes Lenovo, ZTE, Huawei, TCL, Konka and Coolpad.
This alliance is in preparation for legal attacks by …

Foxconn’s iPhone manufacturing facility is set to become the world’s biggest smartphone factory after the Chinese company completes a planned expansion of the plant.
According to a report from the China Daily, the expansion of the iPhone factory was revealed by authorities from China’s Henan province.
AppleInsider, which first got wind of the China Daily report, says that the Foxconn iPhone manufacturing facility will be double the size of its current operation after the expansion is …

An explosion over the weekend rocked a facility in China owned by Pegatron, one of Apple Inc’s suppliers in the Far East, a new report reveals.
The news comes via Reuters which says that Pegatron acknowledged the blast which reportedly happened over the weekend in a plant located Shanghai that the company owns.
According to the company, 61 workers were injured in the blast. The company said 23 of these injured workers were hospitalized.
The plant in Shanghai’s Songjiang industrial zone is …