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Foxconn Pay Increase Probably Means Pricier iPhones, Playstations

That fourth-generation iPhone could come with a heftier price tag now that Foxconn is raising employees’ wages by 30 percent. ...More
June 9, 2010
Posted in News
Monetizing the iPad with Transactional Intelligence

Transactional intelligence company Openet has an idea for helping carriers to monetize the immense amount of data being generated by Apple Inc.’s darling of the tablet world, the iPad. ...More
June 8, 2010
Posted in News, Billing
Apple Officially Debuts iPhone 4.0

Apple’s Steve Jobs unveiled the product to an audience at his company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco Monday. ...More
June 7, 2010
Posted in News, Billing
Tiered Billing for Wireless Data — Really? Bad Juju

"Tiered billing" has a sense of finality, doesn’t it? But AT&T, which just implemented it, and anyone else who follows its lead, might have a bumpy road ahead. It’s just bad juju, as far as I’m concerned. ...More
June 7, 2010 By Tara Seals
Posted in Blog, Billing
iPhone 4G and the OSS Gold Rush

The iPhone 4G launches this week. At the risk of sounding like an aging hippie, it reminds me that people’s smartphone-related joy and spirit and individualism will soon kick-start a new OSS gold rush. ...More
June 6, 2010 By Tara Seals
Posted in Blog
AT&T Ditches Unlimited Wireless Data, Analysts Expect Few Repercussions

AT&T’s going with tiered data pricing. So what? ...More
June 2, 2010 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
Apple, HP, Dell At Last Probe Foxconn Working Conditions

Apple, HP and Dell at last have started investigating why their electronics manufacturer, Foxconn, is experiencing so many employee suicides. ...More
May 26, 2010 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News
10th Suicide at Foxconn: When Will American Companies Speak Up?

A tenth Foxconn employee has committed suicide. Apple and Dell, which outsource manufacturing to Foxconn, still aren’t talking about the problem at the Asian company. ...More
May 25, 2010 By Kelly Teal
Posted in News
Apple iPhone Maker Sees 7th Employee Suicide This Year

The company that builds the Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone and HP’s (HPQ) computers is facing a France Telecom-like situation. At least seven workers at the Hon Hai Group’s China factories have committed suicide this year, and two others tried, although the company isn’t ...More
May 18, 2010
Posted in News
Apple: Leaked iPhone Is Killing Us

By now, you surely know the story of the missing iPhone and the subsequent embarrassment this caused Apple in the run-up to the release of its fourth-generation product, which most think will happen next month.But now, Apple is saying it’s much more than an ...More
May 17, 2010
Posted in News