There’s an App for That

Nick Anderson / Truthdig Dec 12, 2012 Dig deeper

The Working Man’s Tablet

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 15, 2012 Tablets are quickly taking over the computer market despite being utterly useless to working people. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

21st Century Playground

Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons May 29, 2012 Dig deeper

Foxconn Workers Threaten Suicide

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2012 Workers at a Chinese factory owned by the electronics manufacturer Foxconn threatened to leap from the roof of a building in Wuhan in a protest over wages and working conditions, echoing the tragedy of laborers who jumped to their deaths for similar reasons two years earlier at other company plants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Internet as the Toy With a Tin Ear

By Lewis Lapham, Lapham's Quarterly Apr 23, 2012 Why does it come to pass that the more data we collect -- from Google, YouTube and Facebook -- the less likely we are to know what it means? Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Foxconn Pledges to Ease Up on Factory Workers

Staff / Truthdig Apr 2, 2012 Electronics manufacturer Foxconn has taken some considerable hits to its public image in recent years as reports about shocking labor conditions at the Apple supplier's factories cropped up with more frequency than new iPad product launches. On Sunday, Foxconn's chairman said that the company is changing its ways. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple Set for $10B Stock Buyback

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2012 All that bad press about working conditions at Apple-affiliated factories apparently hasn't caused the computer giant any significant economic harm; in fact, the company, bolstered by booming sales of its shiny new iPad, is planning to spread the wealth among shareholders this summer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

When It Comes to Education Technology, Trust — but Verify

David Sirota / Truthdig Feb 3, 2012 A school's wager on computer technology as a pedagogic panacea is often just that: a blind gamble, and one that evidence shows is hardly safe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Apple Does Not Need Your Money to Treat Workers Fairly

BLANK Feb 2, 2012 We've learned a lot in the last few weeks about the inhumane treatment suffered by the workers who polish, assemble and build Apple's iPhones and iPads. Troubled consumers have generously offered to pay more for those products to offset the cost to Apple should it choose to treat its workers fairly, but there's really no need. (more)Apple makes more than enough money to do the right thing. It just doesn't. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Apple Lets the World In on Its Supply Chain

Staff / Truthdig Jan 14, 2012 In a bid to increase transparency and overcome some dreadful PR from recent years about certain components of its global supply chain, Apple Inc. posted a lengthy "2012 Progress Report" about labor practices, working conditions and company ethics on its main website Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Welcome to Alphaville, Avoid the Ghetto

Aram Sinnreich / Truthdig Jan 13, 2012 The world we see through our smartphones is a curated world, and its horizons are constricting, rather than expanding. The world we see through our smartphones is a curated world, and its horizons are constricting, rather than expanding. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

Staff / Truthdig Jan 5, 2012 The name Steve Jobs has been sweet on the lips of techno-capitalist fankids pining for a cultural hero since long before the Apple CEO succumbed to cancer late last year. Since his death, an author and an actor have taken some of the first shots at shaping his legacy. With an eye on the man’s cruelty toward his employees at home and abroad, n+1 reviewer Gary Sernovitz tries to fill in the blanks.Since his death, an author and an actor have taken some of the first shots at shaping Steve Jobs' legacy. With an eye on the man’s cruelty toward his employees at home and abroad, Gary Sernovitz tries to fill in the blanks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )