Korean Pop Concert Causes Human Stampede at Shanghai Expo

By Chris Chang, posted May 31, 2010 at 10:02 PM, 1,737 views

A music event was held in the Shanghai expo and this caused a stampede with one death reported. The big star of the concert, Super Junior, has attracted thousands of fans and free tickets were given for admission. However, there are only 5000 tickets available…

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UPDATE: No deaths in the stampede.

Apple Providing Subsidies For Foxconn Workers ?

By Star Chang, posted May 31, 2010 at 7:30 PM, 2,147 views

Ok, Apple might be showing their social responsibility for now. A tech site in China has reported, Apple will provide financial subsidies to Foxconn’s employees, the amount will roughly be 1 to 2% of the profits from Apple products. Apple has conducted investigation on Foxconn, and they believe the main reason for the suicide jumps is related to the employees’ low wages. In order to solve the problem, Apple decides to offer a direct financial subsidies for the workers in Foxconn, it will first start from the iPad production line. It was reported that Apple paid Foxconn about 2.3% of the total price of iPad, after the subsidies, it will expected to reach 3%, which is equivalent to the producing cost of the iPad aluminum shell-case. For further details, we think we have to wait for some official statement from Apple and more reports from major media.

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iPad Knock-off is Seeking Help From Apple

By Star Chang, posted May 31, 2010 at 6:00 PM, 1,859 views

iPad knock-offs are not selling well in China at the moment. The knock-offs’ retailers hope to capitalize on their lower prices and earlier availability to woo the customers in China, but have met limited success so far. They are hoping the real iPad’s global launch will provide more sales on the iPad clone. Apple’s iPad had officially went global, available in 9 countries, but China is still not in the list. Apple has no information on when the iPad would be available in China. Retailers claim that not many people in China know about the iPad, and if Apple officially launch their iPad here, people will look for it; if they can’t afford it, they will buy the fake one.

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A Deep Look At iPhone 4G Knockoff, So Close to Perfect

By Herman Lai, posted May 30, 2010 at 11:00 PM, 6,816 views

You can’t judge how well the knockoff makers in Shenzhen copy Apple products. So far, three iPhone 4G prototypes had leaked, one is from Gizmodo, another one from Vietnam, and the last is still missing… Anyway, let’s look at this iPhone 4G wannabe. Thankfully, we have a name for this bad boy, the “GPS-Phone”. Um… what was that??

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Fire Reported At Foxconn

By Star Chang, posted May 30, 2010 at 12:10 PM, 1,530 views

A fire broke out yesterday at a building inside Foxconn, the fire was discovered at around 6pm, the location is one of the computer assembly plant. Reporters waiting outside the plant saw several fire engines entering into the complex and were later told by a security guard that a fire had broken out, but all press were barred from entering. At the meantime, there is no official confirmation, and it is not possible to contact a spokesperson from Foxconn. There were rumors about a dozen workers had been injured, but they were treated inside the plant instead of bringing them to the hospital. The reason for this is because the company does not want anymore negative reports from the media.

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UPDATE: Live report from Taiwan CTiTV news, video is up.

Video: Two Dell Adamo Placed Into a Thicker Dell Laptop

By Herman Lai, posted May 30, 2010 at 11:29 AM, 5,469 views

Here’s an inspiring video showing us how thin Dell Adamo is. You got to watch this, maybe you could get two MacBook Air stuffed into a MacBook Pro too !

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More News Reports On Foxconn (Video)

By Star Chang, posted May 29, 2010 at 11:00 PM, 462 views

Since the autocratic Chinese government started to censor news on Foxconn, we are still able to find some interesting news to share around. From Taiwan CTiTV news report, we can see Foxconn workers comment on wage increase, CEO showing Olympic-sized swimming pools to the press, how is the company going to build safety web around dormitory buildings to avoid jumps, the care and counseling center, and the operating environment of the factory, all shown in videos, click in for the news video reports.

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China Government Requests Censorship On Foxconn News

By Star Chang, posted May 29, 2010 at 7:16 PM, 518 views

According to one of the Hong Kong English newspaper report, the Chinese Government and authorities request all press media in China to use the official news from Xinhua when they report Foxconn suicide case. All news website have to remove all special reports on Foxconn and major forums are requested to delete related posts, and no new post is allowed to go public. So at the moment, major press media in China are only allowed to republish the news from three sources, Xinhua News Agency which is owned by the Government, the Government Press Release and Foxconn’s own statement.

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Funny Real Madrid Players Appear in Shanghai Expo

By Herman Lai, posted May 29, 2010 at 1:29 PM, 2,470 views

The 1st of June is Children’s Day, and the Madrid Pavilion at Shanghai Expo decides to bring out a funny version of Real Madrid in order to entertain the kids. I hope we don’t see the Real Madrid becoming clowns on the football field…

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Finally, a Football Music Player For The World Cup

By Herman Lai, posted May 29, 2010 at 1:00 PM, 196 views

We are getting closer to the 2010 Fifa World Cup at South Africa, and the knockoff makers have decided to introduce the first ever portable music player made in a shape of a football. Allegedly, it can play music for up to 15 hours, and supports all kinds of audio files. At $99 RMB (about $14) for 2GB, and $168 RMB (about $24) for 4GB, you need to give one to your favorite football player.

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