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Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has purchased an unspecified number of patents from the world's largest assembler of electronic devices. According to the Financial Times, Google acquired the patents -- which relate to head-mounted displays that can superimpose virtual images onto real environments -- from...

It was a sad day in Cupertino when total Android smartphone shipments surpassed iPhone shipments. New research by Digitimes reveals that something similar may soon happen again for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). According to research published Tuesday, Non-iPad tablet shipments are expected to be...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is once again being accused of treating their workers unfairly. The Chinese human rights group, China Labor Watch, says Pegatron is committing safety, environmental and pay violations, according to the Wall Street Journal. Apple responded by saying: “Apple is committed to...

Is Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) about to a report a disappointing quarter? The Cupertino, California-based tech giant will report its fiscal 2013 second quarter results on April 23. This is exactly three months after the company reported a record-breaking first quarter, selling 47.8 million iPhones and 22...

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) took a light beating this morning after word leaked that Foxconn had stopped all hiring for the month of February. The manufacturer, which is responsible for producing almost all of Apple's products, said that it would not resume hiring until the end of March....

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are trading down roughly one percent this morning after Foxconn, the company's chief manufacturer, announced that it will not hire any new employees this month. According to Bloomberg, the hiring freeze was caused by an influx of employees that returned after the...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) value has been plummeting for more than three months. Many critics have blamed it on a lack of fresh and creative products, disappointing sales figures, managerial problems and a number of other issues within the firm. While those factors might be contributing to Apple's...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook surprised the world when he announced that his company would invest $100 million in American manufacturing. According to DigiTimes, the domestic facility might produce the company's smallest and least-popular desktop computer -- the Mac Mini. Foxconn will...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is in the early stages of testing prototypes for large-screen, high-resolution television sets. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is working with Asian suppliers to test several TV design concepts. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. -- which owns Apple's chief...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly assembling some of the new iMacs in America. Is this a sign that the company is finally ready to return its manufacturing business to the United States? Fortune and 9to5Mac first picked up on the story after users began to distribute pictures of the manufacturing...

A new report claims that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) chief manufacturer, Foxconn, may release a series of televisions -- including one as large as 130 inches -- in the future. According to DigiTimes, the manufacturer is a "major investor" in Taiwanese display maker Chimei Innolux. Foxconn vice...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) chief manufacturer, Foxconn, is interested in building a facility in the United States. According to DigiTimes, the Taiwanese manufacturer "reportedly plans to establish manufacturing plants in the US and is currently conducting evaluations in cities such as Detroit and Los...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have disappointed investors with lower than expected iPhone 5 sales, but that may not mean the product has failed. If Foxconn's recent statements are accurate, the iPhone 5 may very well be the most popular Apple product currently available. "It's not easy to make the...

Foxconn, the chief manufacturer of iPhones, iPads, MacBooks and other Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) products, has confirmed that there were underage interns working at the company. According to Bloomberg, the interns -- who ranged in age from 14 to 16 -- worked at the company's Yantai facility located in...

Foxconn, the manufacturer responsible for building Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) most successful products, could be on the verge of another war with its employees. On Monday, the company shut down its plant in Taiyuan, China after 2,000 workers got into a fight with Foxconn managers. That plant was said...