iPod Buffet

SHANGHAI – The iPod you have just bought may well have been made using child labour. Apple has admitted that some of its factories, many of them in China, have hired at least eleven 15-year-old children to work in three factories in the last year. The discovery was made following an internal audit. Apple said the sites no longer used child workers or that they were no longer underage. Most Apple …

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. said three of its suppliers hired 11 underage workers to help build the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer last year, a violation it uncovered as part of its onsite audit of 102 factories.

A routine audit of Apple’s contractors across the world have found three facilities that employed underage workers, a practice that the electronics company strictly does not condone. It also found over a dozen other violations of its policies. Apple…

Apple Inc said three of its suppliers hired 11 underage workers to help build the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer in 2009, a violation it uncovered as part of its onsite audit of 102 factories.

A paedophile was arrested after he put child porn on his iPod - and then sold it to Cash Converters.

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. said three of its suppliers hired 11 underage workers to help build the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer last year, a violation it uncovered as part of its onsite audit of 102 factories. “Apple discovered three facilities that had previously hired 15-year-old workers in countries where the minimum age for employment is 16,” the company said in a 24-page report on …

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. said three of its suppliers hired 11 underage workers to help build the iPhone, iPod and Macintosh computer last year, a violation it uncovered as part of its onsite audit of 102 factories.

Say you’re looking for a way to spend a few hours this weekend, either perusing other folks’ unwanted stuff or maybe unloading some of your own.Well, now there’s an app for that.CA Media/The Commercial Appeal has released its “Garage Sales Finder” application.The free download will allow users to find all garage and yard sale listings from The Commercial Appeal simply by using an iPhone or iPod …

V-MODA has made some rather nice in-ear headphones with a pretty reasonable $US99 price tag. They’re shiny, slender, durable, and capable of controlling your iPod, iPhone, or MacBook with those three little buttons. Oh. and they come in four colours. (more…)

Go to school for one month straight and receive a free iPod Touch. That is the incentive the Redwood City Elementary School District is offering in return for better attendance. Children will get a chance to win an iPod if they attend school every day for the next month. The campaign, known as…