Archive | May 21st, 2012
Foxconn to invest $210 million towards new Apple production line
China Daily is reporting today that Foxconn is planning to invest upwards of $210 million towards a new production line for Apple products. The rumored production line will be quite sizeable, measuring in at about 40,000 square meters with the line expected to house about 36,000 employees. “The annual output value of the plant is […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung to meet today in San Francisco
21. May 2012
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Apple and Samsung have been tangled up in a legal battle that has droned on for over a year now. And while the two companies are still fighting as vigorously as ever, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung are scheduled to meet this afternoon for some good ole’ court ordered mediation where […]
Continue reading...Apple’s sophisticated iPhone charger
21. May 2012
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Ken Shirriff does the complete breakdown: Disassembling Apple’s diminutive inch-cube iPhone charger reveals a technologically advanced flyback switching power supply that goes beyond the typical charger. It simply takes AC input (anything between 100 and 240 volts) and produce 5 watts of smooth 5 volt power, but the circuit to do this is surprisingly complex […]
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21. May 2012
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