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iPad is a nuisance for many Chinese parents

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 9th, 2012)

A report from the Beijing Evening News suggests Chinese parents are scuffling with their kids over iPads. It seems the iPad was the gift of choice for many children this past Chinese New Year, and now those youngsters are having a hard time putting their tablets aside. Exasperated parents don't ...

Siri may speak and understand Chinese, Japanese, and Russian by March

by Chris Rawson (Feb 8th, 2012)

According to Chinese tech site DoNews (sketchy English translation here), Apple plans on bringing support for Mandarin Chinese to Siri as early as March of this year. Other dialects of Chinese, such as Cantonese, will remain unsupported for the time being. Support for Japanese and Russian is ...

Mike Daisey's "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" is funny, forceful agitprop

by Michael Rose (Feb 6th, 2012)

If you're looking for coverage of working conditions at Foxconn and other Apple manufacturing partners, there's plenty to go around. The drumbeat of sharply critical stories continued today with CNN's interview of a Foxconn worker; this follows a scathing New York Times story from late January ...

Apple could be forced to stop selling "iPads" in China

by Mike Schramm (Feb 6th, 2012)

Stick with us on this one -- it seems unlikely, but this case could have some wider consequences. Last year, Apple filed a lawsuit against a company named Proview Technology Shenzen in China. It was pretty common by Apple's standards: The company was using the name iPad, and Apple was trying to ...

Apple contests iPad trademark rejection in China

by Steven Sande (Feb 1st, 2012)

Last December, a Chinese court rejected Apple's ownership of the iPad trademark in China in favor of Proview International, a large but relatively unknown Chinese monitor company. Now Apple is appealing that ruling, asking the courts to transfer the iPad trademark to it and also asking for Proview ...

Daily Update for January 31, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 31st, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

Foxconn plans to build five Brazilian factories to produce Apple products

by Steven Sande (Jan 31st, 2012)

Apple relies on electronics assembly firm Foxconn to build iPads and iPhones in China. Now Foxconn is reportedly planning to build five new factories in Brazil to help meet the demand for Apple products. There's already one plant cranking out iPads and iPhones, and each of the new factories is ...

Apple Hong Kong combats scalpers with iPhone lottery

by Chris Rawson (Jan 30th, 2012)

Scalping of iPhones is a huge problem in both mainland China and Hong Kong. Scalpers, who will buy the iPhones at stores and then resell them at inflated prices, have exploited both the online and brick-and-mortar availability of the iPhone 4 and 4S and prevented non-scalping customers from having ...

Chinese readers respond to story of Apple's Chinese suppliers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 27th, 2012)

The financial world's eyes are on Apple this week after it announced record-breaking quarterly earnings. In the midst of all this commentary and congratulations, there was also a sobering article by New York Times reporters Charles Duhigg and David Barboza. Titled "In China, Human Costs Are Built ...

Why Apple's products are 'Designed in California' but 'Assembled in China'

by Chris Rawson (Jan 22nd, 2012)

Look at the back of your iPhone, or your iPad, or on the bottom of your Mac. You'll see the following words embossed somewhere: "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China." Many Americans, all the way up to the President himself, have wondered why Apple has outsourced virtually all of ...

Daily Update for January 13, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 13th, 2012)

China launch of iPhone 4S goes awry as crowds overwhelm Beijing flagship store (Updated)

by Michael Rose (Jan 12th, 2012)

The mainland China launch of the iPhone 4S hasn't gone as planned in Beijing, according to reports from Bloomberg, MIC Gadget and other sources. When massive lines of people waiting overnight in sub-freezing temperatures at Apple's flagship Sanlitun store in the capital city began to cause ...

Daily Update for January 12, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 12th, 2012)

iPhone 4S customers lining up in China

by Dave Caolo (Jan 12th, 2012)

With only hours before sales begin, customers are lining up to buy the iPhone 4S in China. There are five Apple Stores in China, and Tech In Asia reports that each location already has "hundreds" of eager shoppers waiting for doors to open. As we've seen elsewhere, Apple employees are using a ...