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Consumer Watchdog Group Accuses Apple Of ‘Whitewashing’ Worker Conditions In China

February 16, 2012Erik Kain

Consumer watchdog group SumOfUs is calling into question remarks by the Fair Labor Association (FLA) that painted a rosy picture of FoxConn facilities in China that manufacture products like the iPhone and iPad. The FLA is the labor standards group partnered with to monitor its Chinese factory standards, though it’s unclear at this time how much […]

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Apple, Business, byline=E.D. Kain, China, Daylife, Fair Labor Association, FLA, Foxconn, Gear, globalization, IPad, iPhone, SomeOfUs, Tech, Worker Rights

Washington Gov. Signs Marriage Equality Bill: Should We Thank Social Media For Changing Attitudes Toward Gay Marriage?

February 13, 2012Erik Kain

governor Chris Gregoire signed legislation today making same-sex-marriage legal for Washingtonians. This makes the seventh state to grant gay couples the right to get married. It also marks a second major victory for marriage equality advocates, after a court recently struck down a ban in California when it ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional. This is good […]

Read more at Forbes.

byline=E.D. Kain, Christine Gregoire, Daylife, Facebook, Gay, Marriage, Same-sex marriage, Social Media, Tech, United States, Washington, YouTube

Why Is Google Opening A Retail Store In Ireland?

February 10, 2012Erik Kain

Google is only just now wading into the manufacturing business. Up to this point, Google has been a product sold inside other products: a software service for email, mobile operating systems, search and so forth. So why are they opening up a retail store in Dublin? Either Google has quite a few more products up […]

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Android, Apple Store, byline=E.D. Kain, Chromebook, Daylife, Dublin, Gear, Google, Microsoft, Retail, Tech

Superbowl Online Streaming – Was It A Success?

February 6, 2012Erik Kain

I asked readers on various social networks whether they’d watched the Superbowl online Sunday. This year I caught the game the old fashioned way – on a big screen TV at a family Superbowl party – so I didn’t get the chance to check out the online version. Doesn’t sound like I missed much. The […]

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