So the headlines loom large and threatening in the U.S.’s newspaper of record, The New York Times. Workers at Apple’s contract factories, particularly those owned by Foxconn Technology of China, are little more than slaves existing in unsafe conditions. They may suffer injuries and possibly commit suicide because the are forced to work hard day […]

As many of you readers know, I took a slightly circuitous path to getting an iPhone 3GS. In a sense, my purchase of a 3G was similarly troubled. Just to recap: On the day the 3G was released last July, I made the 10-minute drive to the nearest AT&T factory-owned store, and discovered that they […]