Mac OS Ken: 03.30.2012

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2012

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The Fair Labor Association Posts Report on Foxconn Audit Read the full FLA Report on the Foxconn Audit at Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Foxconn Plant Nielsen: iPhone Sales Draw Close to Android Sales for First Part of 2012 Bloomberg/Businessweek: Sources Say Apple and Samsung Execs Recently Discussed Settlement Options “Antennagate” Settlement Website is Up and Running Get More Info on the “Antennagate” Settlement at http://iPhone4Settlement.com Second Suit Brought Against Apple for False Advertising Regarding Siri Apple Seeds New Lion 10.7.4 beta to Developers with No Known Issues Apple Issues Stability Update for iPhoto Best Buy Closing 50 Stores; Shifting Focus to Mobile Mashable Says Canon 5D Mark II - Not iPhone 4 - is Most Popular Camera on Flickr (Though TUAW is Not So Sure)

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0:00.0	This is MacOS. Can.
0:07.0	It's no fun working at FoxCon.
0:11.0	I've found sales close. It's no fun working at FoxCon. iPhone sales closed the gap on
0:15.5	And Tim Cook's not a thermonuclear kind of guy.
0:19.6	It's Friday, March 30, 2012.
0:23.2	I'm Kan Ray and this is news from MacO S. Can.
0:28.2	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by listeners like you,
0:32.3	subscribers to MacOKAN Day 6.
0:36.0	More information is available at MacOSKAN.com.
0:40.2	This show is also supported by the Mac OS Can Podcast App for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch,
0:47.0	available in the App Store now for $2.99.
0:52.0	Guess what? By Western standards it sucks to work at FoxCon and probably by Eastern
0:58.8	standards too but I'm Western so I wouldn't know for sure.
1:01.9	Point is most of us wouldn't want to do it.
1:04.0	The Fair Labor Association has completed its first independent audit of
1:08.0	three of Fox Khan's Chinese factories that deal with making Apple gear.
1:12.0	During those they found serious and pressing concerns
1:15.0	including excessive working hours, unpaid overtime,
1:19.0	health and safety failings,
1:20.0	and management interference in trade unions.
1:24.0	For a deeper look, we'll draw from stories from the Telegraph and the Guardian out of the UK,
1:28.7	as well as from Fortune.
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