Foxconn

Foxconn, the Taiwanese firm famous for assembling many of the world’s most high-profile mobile gadgets, yesterday posted its worst-ever first-half net loss.

Taiwanese publication DigiTimes reports that Sony Mobile has “increased [its] cooperation” with handset manufacturers Arima Communications, Compal Communications and Foxconn, for smartphones due to ship either late this year or early in 2013.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Chinese search giant Baidu is working with Foxconn and China Unicom to offer a low-cost smartphone, which will run a newly-developed operating system called Baidu Cloud

An investigation into the working practices of Apple final assembly supplier Foxconn by the Fair Labor Association (FLA) has unearthed “significant issues” with working conditions, including excessive overtime, health and safety risks and communication gaps that have led to “a…

Apple has requested the Fair Labor Association (FLA) conduct special voluntary audits of its final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn’s Chinese factories in Shenzen and Chengdu.

Amazon is looking to launch its own smartphone, according to business analysts

MobiHand, a provider of mobile content and application stores, announced its ChannelConnect content aggregation service, which it describes as “a unique ecosystem that connects mobile application developers and application store operators.”