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Most iOS devices in China sold to customers in urban areas

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 9th, 2012)

A report from Chinese strategic advisory firm Stenvall Skoeld suggests that Apple has a 10 percent penetration rate in China with the highest levels of ownership found in urban centers like Beijing, Guandong and Shanghai. The lowest percentage of ownership was found in Tibet which had a 0.1 ...

Chinese security guards remove Apple retail sign

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 30th, 2012)

Apple set up a banner in the Parkland Mall in Dalian, China that advertised its upcoming flagship store in the nearby Century City shopping district. According to a M.I.C Gadget report, a security team from the Dalian Department Store took down the sign because it was upset that Apple chose a ...

Foxconn reduces working hours, workers ask why

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 30th, 2012)

The Fair Labor Association released its first report about the conditions it found in Foxconn factories during a recent investigation. The report details over 50 violations that center on excessive overtime and low pay. To improve the working environment, Foxconn has vowed to slash overtime ...

Tim Cook tours a Foxconn facility in China

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 29th, 2012)

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in China, and he is making the most of his trip. Earlier this week, he went to an Apple Store in Beijing and met with the mayor of the city. He then met with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang. A Thursday morning report from Reuters now shows him touring a Foxconn facility in ...

Tim Cook meets with China's Vice Premier

by Steven Sande (Mar 28th, 2012)

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing yesterday to discuss intellectual property rights and, most likely, the ongoing iPad trademark dispute with beleaguered monitor manufacturer Proview. According to M.I.C. Gadget, which provided footage from Chinese TV of the ...

Tim Cook meets with mayor of Beijing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 27th, 2012)

Tim Cook was spotted in a Beijing Apple store on Monday and a report from a Chinese newspaper says the Apple CEO also met with Guo Jinlong, mayor of Beijing, later that day. Details about the meeting are not known, but it is thought he talked about market expansion and working more closely in ...

25 billionth app downloader flown to Beijing by Apple

by Mike Schramm (Mar 27th, 2012)

Fu Chunli, who downloaded the 25 billionth app from the App Store (yes, 25 billionth), was flown from her hometown of Qingdao, China to the Beijing Apple Store. Chunli has dubbed the "Apple Girl" by Chinese media, and didn't believe Apple representatives when they first shared the good news. ...

Future iOS update in China may adopt Baidu search, drop Google

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 26th, 2012)

According to The Next Web, Chinese website Sina Tech speculates that Apple may roll out an update in China that'll drop Google search from iOS and replace it with Baidu, a Chinese language search engine. Though unconfirmed, this move makes sense as Baidu commands more than 80 percent of the ...

New iPad clears China regulatory requirements

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 26th, 2012)

The iPad is now certified by government regulators and can be sold in China, says a report by Computerworld. The China Quality Certification Centre recently granted the China Compulsory Certification to the iPad. Though it cleared an important regulatory hurdle, Apple still faces a battle with ...

Tim Cook visits Apple Store in Beijing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 26th, 2012)

According to TechNode, Tim Cook spent his Monday morning with the employees and customers at the Xidan Joy City Apple Store in Beijing. The random spotting, recorded by user STwing of Chinese micro-blogging service Sina Weibo, kicked off rumors that the Apple CEO was in town to talk about the ...

China surpasses US on iOS, Android activations

by Steven Sande (Mar 21st, 2012)

When I first saw this news on MacRumors this morning, my immediate thought was "Duh! China has 4.4 times the population of the U.S." But there's more to the story of China passing the U.S. in iOS and Android activations, since the per-capita income is almost twelve times greater for Americans ...

Chinese authors suing Apple increase in number, target cash amount

by Steven Sande (Mar 21st, 2012)

In January of 2012, TUAW reported on a group of nine Chinese authors who were banding together to sue Apple for allegedly hosting pirated copies of their literary works through apps in the App Store. At that time, the nine authors were asking for total compensation in the range of US$1.88 ...

Foxconn won't sue This American Life, Daisey

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 19th, 2012)

Late last week, radio show This American Life retracted an episode published in January that showcased Mike Daisey's performance of The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (our review). The show was removed when TAL discovered inaccuracies in Daisey's account, one of which suggested Daisey himself ...

Whoopsie Daisey: This American Life episode on Foxconn's iPad factories 'partially fabricated,' retracted

by Steven Sande (Mar 16th, 2012)

Last month, we reviewed Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs", a monologue in which the storyteller opines on his trip to China and his time with workers in a Foxconn iPad plant. Daisey's story was the basis of an episode of PRI's "This American Life," and now the show has ...

Protestors planning to be at Apple Stores again this Friday

by Mike Schramm (Mar 15th, 2012)

TUAW has gotten word that protestors are planning at assemble at some Apple Stores in Washington, DC's Georgetown, New York City, and San Francisco this Friday, presumably in anticipation of the new iPad's release. These campaigns are being run from Change.org by Mark Shields, who sounds ...