There have been a lot of theories floated for why Foxconn froze new hires earlier this month. Early rumors suggested that iPhone 5 production had slowed, while later reports said that Apple’s new measures to improve working conditions had caused fewer workers than usual to abandon their posts over Chinese New Year.
Now there’s a new theory: Foxconn’s getting out of China, at least in part.
Quoth the always eyebrow-arching Digitimes
There have been a lot of theories floated for why Foxconn froze new hires earlier this month. Early rumors suggested that iPhone 5 production had slowed, while later reports said that Apple’s new measures to improve working conditions had caused fewer workers than usual to abandon their posts over Chinese New Year.
Now there’s a new theory: Foxconn’s getting out of China, at least in part.
Quoth the always eyebrow-arching Digitimes
According to Google engineer, Frank Petterson, on his own Google+ profile page, the search giant’s social network iOS apps just got a little more international, as the app just became available in 48 new countries and territories.
These new places include the following:
Albania, Anguilla, Barbados, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, Republic of Congo, Dominica, Fiji, Gambia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s [Read More...]
The iPhone 5 is now in China.
Almost three months after making its debut in the United States, Apple’s iPhone 5 goes on sale in China and 32 addition countries today. As is often the case when Apple launches a new gadget, fans lined up in droves in an effort to get their hands on the Cupertino company’s latest smartphone before it’s all sold out. Some stores, however, were unusually quiet.
Apple has flipped the switch on the iTunes Store in a grand total of 56 new countries around the world, including key emerging markets like India. Russia, a country where Apple is expected to hold a small celebration event, also now has access to iTunes music and movies.
The iTunes Store is now available in 119 countries in dozens of currencies. Here’s the full press release from Apple:
MOSCOW—December 4, 2012—Apple® today announced [Read More...]
The iTunes Store extends its reach across Asia today.
Just days after opening the App Store to 32 additional countries, Apple released a press release this morning to announce that the iTunes Store is also extending its reach to another nine countries in Asia today, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. In addition to those countries, the iTunes Store will also be available in Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri [Read More...]
With Apple becoming a bigger global force than ever, it should come as no surprise that reports have surfaced which indicate that the iTunes store may soon be available in a number of additional Asian countries. It was reported Tuesday that the long list of countries referenced in iTunes (available under “Parental Preferences”) just got a little bit longer. Our friends at Apple Insider discovered that updated list in version 10.6, which suggests that the iTunes [Read More...]
8 a.m. Friday. Be there or be square.
Well, consider it official. Apple will indeed start selling the new iPad in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Switzerland, the Virgin Island and Puerto Rico start at 8 a.m. on Friday. Not much more to say. Press release after the jump. New iPad Arrives in the US & Nine Additional Countries on Friday CUPERTINO, California?March 14, 2012?Apple® [Read More...]
On Tuesday, the pervasive roll-out of Apple’s new iTunes Match service continued, as the company ushered in new availability for the service in 19 additional hotspots around the world. Although Apple didn’t formally announce today’s expansion, the arrival of iTunes Match was noted in the Netherlands and elsewhere throughout Latin America and Europe. As of today, the list of iTunes Match-friendly nations also includes: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, [Read More...]
Apple has just posted a new support document outlining everything international customers need to know about iTunes in the Cloud and iTunes Match availability. Customers in the United States were given public access to iTunes Match back in November, and Apple has been rolling out its cloud services for iTunes to international markets since then. After countries around the world were given access to iTunes Match last week, Apple has officially outlined [Read More...]
