Happy Birthday: Apple Is Making a Watch

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 5, 2013 Apple reportedly has 100 designers trying to figure out the most profitable and elegant way to colonize your wrist. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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 )

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 )

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 )

Daisey Rips Into Apple in ‘Agony and Ecstasy’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2011 Writer and performer Mike Daisey isn't dropping his current act, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," in light of his titular character's recent exit from the world stage, but he has been obliged to make some formatting tweaks. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Apple Unveils New Friend Bar for Chatty Geeks

Staff / Truthdig Dec 30, 2010 First there was the "Genius Bar," and now -- at least in The Onion's satirical parallel universe -- there's the "Friend Bar," a welcoming space in which users can converge and talk for hours about their Apple products without scornful repercussions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple Gives Geeks a Fun New Way to Socialize

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2010 Those of us who own Apple products, or who just live within a stone's throw of a major shopping venue, are probably already familiar with the Genius Bar phenomenon at Apple stores. The Onion has an even better idea for how geeks can get their fix while they splash out the cash. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Prudish Apple Bans Bikinis

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2010 If you're looking for sex appeal, there isn't an app for that. Apple is killing applications on its iPhone and iPod Touch that show women in such obscene dress as beachwear. Despite parental controls, mature-content warnings and a lack of anything truly provocative, the company apparently decided things had gotten too raunchy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Behold the iPad

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2010 After months of breathless anticipation, techies everywhere have a new gadget/cultural phenomenon on their hands in the form of Apple Inc.’s new tablet, the iPad. Apple CEO Steve Jobs was on hand to do the unveiling honors at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Wednesday morning, and based on the results, you can bet the lines will be forming in front of Apple stores yet again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Apple Goes to War

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2009 The military has been deploying Apple's iPod Touch and iPhone, loaded with software that aids in translation, intelligence gathering and shooting people. Military iPods will "display aerial video from drones and have teleconferences with intelligence agents halfway across the globe." We civilians are still waiting for copy and paste. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Vote for an iPod: A Fair Exchange?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 15, 2007 Oh dear -- file this one under "further evidence our democracy's in deep trouble": The Politico reports that, according to a recent poll of over 3,000 NYU undergraduates conducted by an on-campus journalism class, two-thirds said they would give up their right to vote in the next presidential election in exchange for a year's tuition at their school, while 20 percent said they'd swap it for an iPod touch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )