Hacking the Apple collective
A short account of working at Apple by a hacker employed there. Originally published in 2600 - The Hacker Quarterly
Revolt of the iSlaves - More labour unrest at China's Foxconn factories
Submitted by labournet.tv on Oct 17 2012 23:26
Two incidents of mass unrest at Foxconn factories made worldwide headlines in late September and early October 2012. The leading customer Apple had just released a new version of his main product, the iPhone 5, so work pressure in the factories was high – and so was worldwide attention.
Fetishism of digital commodities and hidden exploitation: the cases of Amazon and Apple
An essay written by the Wu Ming Foundation around the time of Steve Jobs' death which lays out the facade of the corporate 'miracle' and argues against net-fetishism.
