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Foxconn suicide raises issue of Chinese counterfeits
It’s been about a week since a Foxconn employee committed suicide after losing a fourth generation iPhone prototype he was responsible for. Since then, a number of issues have been raised about Apple’s prevailing culture of secrecy and the working conditions of Chinese employees who help manufacture Apple products. The missing iPhone that was at […]
Continue reading...Man sues Apple for conspiring with the Mafia to spy on him
Friday, July 17, 2009
Believe it or not, but we’ve finally found a lawsuit more ridiculous than the one involving Psystar. This past Wednesday, Gregory McKenna of Florissant, Missouri filed a lawsuit in the St. Louis district court alleging that Apple, working in conjunction with the New York Mafia, placed tiny transmitters in an iPod Shuffle he purchased on […]
Continue reading...Police release video footage of Apple Store shooter
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Yesterday, an armed gunman entered the back of an Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia and proceeded to shoot a female employee in the shoulder before escaping on foot empty handed. Today, Police released video surveillance footage of the suspect entering the back of the store and subsequently escaping a few seconds later. Here, the suspect […]
Continue reading...Shots fired at Apple Store in Virginia, one person injured
Friday, July 3, 2009
At approximately 10 am ET, a male gunman opened fire in an Apple Store in Arlington, Virginia after an apparent failed robbery attempt. Customers reported hearing what were later deemed to be gunshots coming from a back room in the store, and the suspect was subsequently spotted escaping from a back exit. So far Police […]
Continue reading...Use your iPhone to help find missing children and wanted fugitives
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Recognizing criminals on Milk cartons is so 1980’s when you can now use an iPhone instead. A relatively new application in the iTunes App Store called “FBI Most Wanted” allows users to view pictures and listings of the most wanted men in America, and then gives them the ability to contact the nearest local FBI […]
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
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