Tag: Foxconn
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Rotten Apple employed children at Foxconn
Local and mainland Chinese university students, dressed as the Foxconn workers and the mock Ipad with skeleton print as they try to block the customers at an Apple Premium Reseller shop in Hong Kong Saturday, May 7, 2011.They protest against the Foxconn and Apple for the dire working conditions of workers. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Kin…
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Blood in your wires
Everyone knows that phones and the electronic devices might be made in some sweatshop in China (if you don’t google Foxconn for some really shocking stories)…what you mignt not know is your mobile and other devices share more than you think with blood diamonds – that blood has probably been shed in relation to the…
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The Return of Mashups! ToTom XXXO vs Otis
This tune hasn’t left my iPod for ages…ToTom does a great job mixing MIA in mellow mood with Otis Redding, with Reborn Identity doing a subtle job editing that ADD original video to fit the mood. Talking of the MIA vid, I love the fact that whoever made the original video is keying into that…
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Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to ME!
Radio Clash is 2 years old tonight! I never thought when I created the first podcast (still up) with a tie clip mic sellotaped to a tripod stand (oh so nothing changed then! says the audience) that I’d still be going 2 months let alone 2 years later! So thanks to you all for listening!…
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iSweatshop – Not giving everyone a bite of the Apple?
Got an iPod? You’ve got to check this out: Following the expose of Foxxconn in China, who assemble Apple’s Nanos and iPods, Apple now say they are looking into the claims of sweatshops, workers having to work 15 hour days, and forced overtime. Very embarassing for Apple, who tries so hard to seem like a…