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• Foxconn, Samsung face dilemma of cutting overtime hours at Chinese factories

  Assembly line workers are logging 12-hour days to churn out the latest handsets for Samsung Electronics at a factory in Huizhou, China.

• Foxconn pays $200M for 9 percent stake in action camera company GoPro

  Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn Electronics said it could integrate more camera features into its devices after making a US$200 million investment in a U.S. company that makes cameras for action sports enthusiasts.

• Computer technology tops list of worldwide patent applications

  Computer technology accounted for more patent applications in recent years than any other industry sector tracked by the World Intellectual Property Organization, although the number of digital communication patent applications grew faster. Industrial design registrations are also growing -- and while Apple aggressively asserts its design rights in courtrooms, it does not file the most applications for such rights.

• Fire at Foxconn facility in China, no injuries

  Foxconn, the maker of electronics equipment including Apple's iPhone, said a fire broke out on Tuesday at one of the company's facilities in China, that was quickly put out with no injuries reported.

• Apple suppliers accused of environmental damage

  Environmental groups in China criticized Apple on Wednesday, alleging that it is employing suppliers that are damaging the environment and threatening the lives of residents. Apple, however, maintains the company has been vigilant in ensuring all its suppliers follow environmental safety requirements.

• Foxconn to rely more on robots for manufacturing

  Foxconn, the maker of Apple's iPhone and iPad, plans to rely more on robots for manufacturing over the coming years, allowing the company to invest more in research and development and save on labor costs.

• Foxconn worker falls to death in suspected suicide

  An employee of Foxconn fell to his death in China earlier this week, just a year after a string of suicides at its facilities in the country.

• Chinese court sentences three to prison for iPad design leak

  A Chinese court sentenced three persons to prison for stealing information on Apple's iPad 2 design, which was used to make protective cases for the device months before the hit tablet was even launched.

• Opinion divided on impact on iPad of Foxconn blast

  Opinion is divided on whether a blast on Friday at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China will affect the production of Apple’s iPads

• Three dead after Foxconn factory blast, Apple investigating

  A third employee had died from injuries caused by an explosion at a factory of Foxconn in Chengdu, China, the company said Sunday. Initial findings show the blast was caused by "combustible dust in a duct."

• Watchdop group cites continued Foxconn abuses

  A group based in Hong Kong this week issued a report alleging continued Foxconn worker abuse, and questioned some of the promises made by the contract manufacturer to live up to its code of conduct.

• Google says Microsoft patent lawsuit threatens innovation

  Google took a slap at Microsoft on Tuesday, saying the software giant's patent lawsuit against bookseller Barnes & Noble's Android-based e-reader stifles innovation.

• Apple: Foxconn "saved lives" with suicide prevention efforts

  Apple on Wednesday commended Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn for setting up a 24-hour care center, installing large nets on buildings and other measures that have "definitely saved lives" after a spate of suicides at manufacturing facilities in China last year.

• WiMax update set for go-ahead this year

  A faster, more secure and energy-efficient update to the WiMax wireless Internet standard will get final approval and see commercialization within a year, industry officials said on Monday.