Assembling the iPhone and the iPad - still "sweatshops"

Corporation Apple, has repeatedly been criticized for poor working conditions in factories in China, failed to improve the situation of workers collecting iPhone and iPad. This is the conclusion of British journalists publication The Guardian, which published a detailed account of the lives of employees of factories Foxconn.

 

In the course of inspections by observers found that bullying, physical exhaustion and violation of labor rights are the norm for hundreds of thousands of collectors iPhone. This is despite the fact that Apple has doubled its efforts to improve their working conditions.

According to the newspaper, interviews with 170 employees Foxconn in Shenzhen and Zhengzhou have confirmed that the penalties are the basic tools of management plants Foxconn. The report, prepared by human rights group "Students and scholars against corporate violations," says the workers tenth largest employer in the world makes cleaning toilets, sweeping lawns and write "letters of repentance," which are then placed on a bulletin board, or read their colleagues.

Living conditions in hostels Foxconn are terrible. In the two-bedroom living rooms of 20 to 30 people. They were forbidden under pain of confiscation of using energy efficient electrical appliances such as kettles and laptops.

Among the improvements in human rights defenders noted that some collectors have provided chairs. Previously, most of them had to work standing up. But even the workers are allowed to sit on the edge of his chair, so they do not "relax" and did their job well.

The report also indicates a high level of trauma workers in the factories. Another problem - the 12-hour working day, and even more. In an interview, chief executive of Apple, Tim Cook has assured that the company is taking measures to reduce the number of working hours. A company spokeswoman repeated earlier statements that Apple cares about each of its employees worldwide. However, as the newspaper writes, the efforts of one of the most popular brands of the world have not yielded tangible results.

Microsoft Office for the iPad will be released November 10

According to the website The Daily, referring to an unnamed "reliable source" Microsoft is actively preparing to release a full-fledged Office suite for the mobile platform iOS. At the moment the team of programmers to code optimization transgressed, user interface design application has been approved by management.

 

According to Matt Hikeya, corresponding portal The Daily, external appearance Office for the iPad is consistent with the concept of interface Metro, presented by Microsoft's operating systems Windows Phone and Windows 8. Release the final version of Office for iOS is scheduled for November 10, indicate the source.

"We learned that the Office Mobile team has completed work on the project last month, followed reported a willingness to design branch of Microsoft.

Now the application is a usability expert, which should confirm that the corporate style interface Metro. After that the program will be sent to the Apple App Store for approval, which may take several weeks. "

As previously reported , iOS-edition package of office applications is likely to be working not only on the iPad, but also on the iPhone with iPod touch. The latter fact stresses and the loading screen, which indicates that this product is a «Office for iOS», and not just for the iPad.

The source site Boy Genius Report, is said to have been able to assess the personal experience of Microsoft Office on "apple" tablet and says that he looks almost the same as in the leaked photos, of The Daily a few months ago. And though now for iOS-devices have a number of applications, "office" orientation, where the appearance of the development of the famous Microsoft, will undoubtedly contribute to their popularity as a corporate decision.