New York, Apr.23 (ANI): Apple has returned five to eight million iphones to manufacturer Foxconn as it claimed these phones were unfit to sell.

Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): Foxconn and Microsoft have signed a deal that will give the software giant a cut of every Android device that the electronics contract manufacturing company makes.

Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): Foxconn, tech giant Apple's main manufacturing plant in China, is preparing to conduct labour union elections in its factories for the first time, a report has said.

London, Jan 26 (ANI): Tech giant Apple has sacked one of its China-based suppliers after discovering it employed dozens of child workers.

Beijing, Jan. 12 (Xinhua-ANI): China is no doubt the apple of Tim Cook's eye.

London, Jan 11 (ANI): Foxconn, one of the world's biggest contract electronics makers, is being probed by Chinese authorities over bribery allegations.

Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Apple boss Tim Cook has made a second visit to China is less than a year, a report has said.

Washington, Dec 13 (ANI): Tech giant Apple is currently testing several TV set designs, a report has claimed.

London, Nov 9 (ANI): Foxconn, tech giant Apple's main manufacturing plant in China, is reportedly planning to open factories in the United States.

Wellington, Oct 17 (ANI): Apple's main manufacturing plant in China, Foxconn, has admitted that it had employed teenagers as young as 14 in a factory, in breach of national law.

Beijing, Oct. 14 (ANI): Workers in Foxconn's Chinese factories work on a 14-hour shift to assemble a iPhone 5 every 30 seconds and earn less than 60 pounds a week.

Henan (China), Oct. 6 (Xinhua-ANI): A Foxconn plant in central China's Henan Province has resumed production following a dispute between workers and the plant over stricter quality inspections for the iPhone 5, authorities said Saturday.

London, Oct 6 (ANI): Thousands of workers at tech giant Apple's main manufacturing plant in China, Foxconn, have gone on strike over working conditions related to production of the iPhone 5, a human rights watchdog has claimed.

London, Sept 13 (ANI): As Apple's American workers celebrate the release of the iPhone5, workers in the tech giant's Chinese factory Foxconn continue facing humiliating treatment with gruelling workloads, embarrassing punishments and inhuman work conditions.

London, Aug 22 (ANI): Foxconn, tech giant Apple's main manufacturing plant in China, has taken steps to improve working hours and conditions, the US-based Fair Labor Association (FLA) has said.

Washington, July 7 (ANI): Amazon, known for its Kindle Fire tablet, is planning to build its own smartphone, according to a report.

Beijing, June 29 (ANI): Workers at Apple factories in China have complained of experiencing 'deplorable' conditions, a Chinese labour rights watchdog has claimed.

Beijing, June 15 (ANI): Tech giant Apple's main manufacturing plant Foxconn is again facing criticism over inhumane working conditions, as another worker at the factory leapt to his death.

Beijing, June 8 (ANI): Nearly 100 workers at a southwestern China plant of Foxconn, tech giant Apple's main manufacturer, have been arrested after they went on a rampage over poor working conditions at the factory.

Beijing, June 3 (ANI): Workers at Foxconn factories in China are facing humiliating treatment with gruelling workloads, embarrassing punishments and battery-farm living conditions, according to one of the most detailed reports on life inside China's Foxconn factories.

London, Mar 31 (ANI): Apple's main electronics manufacturer in China has promised to dramatically raise wages and trim work hours for its employees.

London, Mar 30(ANI): Chinese workers who assemble iPhones and iPads often work for over 60 hours per week and sometimes work for a week straight, according to an independent labour audit of Apple factories in that country.

London, Feb 22 (ANI): Growing criticism of inhumane working conditions in factories owned by Apple's contractor Foxconn forced the tech giant to confront problems with staff welfare and the firm faced pressure similar to that which forced Nike to reassess 'sweatshop' suppliers in the Nineties, an inspector has said.

London, Feb 21 (ANI): Apple's main manufacturing partner, Foxconn, which faced criticism over inhumane working conditions at its suppliers' plants in China, will now increase workers' salaries by up to 25 percent.

Washington, Feb.10 (ANI): Apple's controversial Chinese supplier Foxconn was battling on Thursday to contain a security breach after hackers joined the mounting protest over iPhone factory conditions by leaking the login details of its entire staff.