Foxconn plant in China closed after 2,000 workers get in brawl over dispute

A huge brawl involving 2,000 factory workers has forced the closure of a Foxconn plant in Taiyuan, China. The brawl was an escalation over a dispute between how workers were treated. Foxconn is one of the more prominent factories that manufacture products for various technology companies. The Taiyuan factory has 79,000 workers and is said to be the plant where the iPhone 5 is being manufactured.

Foxconn is the biggest contract factory of electronic goods, in China it employs a total of about 1 million workers.

Source: Toronto Sun

Padgram 2.2 for iPad: Instagram viewer that maximizes social Interaction

Pinssible Labs today introduces Padgram - Instagram Viewer 2.2 for iPad, the newest version of their preferred app for Instagram use on the iPad. Unlike other options for Instagram viewing, Padgram offers an ease of tagging and interaction with other users for a better social experience. This application features tags in packages, making it effortless for users to add their favorite tags immediately. It also includes an extensive list of over 500 Emoji for a vivid commenting experience. 

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Review: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultrabook

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

With its consumer focused IdeaPad U310, Lenovo showed that it ‘got’ the Ultrabook segment and impressed us with a solid, powerful and distinctive Ultrabook with great battery life and an even greater value at around $600.

With the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Lenovo has put all of its efforts into creating one of the most distinctive new notebooks in the market. 

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Samsung Canada celebrates 25 years by launching Galaxy Note 10.1

Samsung celebrates 25 years in Canada by launching the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. A hybrid of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Note, the $499 tablet features the ability to view apps in split-screen mode, the use of the Samsung S-Pen on included Samsung apps and all the benefits of a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. The Note 10.1 is WiFi only, and should be available in Staples and other popular places where tablets are sold.

The Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1 enables users to create content anytime, anywhere with the value added S-Pen,” said Paul Brannen, Vice President, Enterprise Business Solutions, Samsung Canada. “The S Pen offers active content creation and productivity, while the Note 10.1 is the ideal screen size to consume multimedia – whether watching videos or looking at files on-the-go. This truly provides Canadians with a unique and true multitasking experience.”