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A former Apple manager pleaded guilty to 23 counts of wire fraud, conspiracy and money laundering, after being accused of taking kickbacks from the iPhone and iPad maker's suppliers in Asia.

Apple is planning to introduce the new iPad 2 next week, while researchers unveil new technologies in mobile health and competition in wireless payment systems heat up.

Wintek, a supplier of touch displays to Apple, said it will pay 80,000 yuan, or about $12,177, to compensate each of the 115 workers poisoned by chemicals at its factory.

Chinese factory workers that were poisoned while on an iPhone production line are asking Apple to help address for their medical bills.

The U.S. State Department will fund the development of technology to help political dissidents overcome Internet censorship and repressive regimes, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced today in a major policy shift.

Apple today published detailed responsibility audit, revealing that it found 91 children working for its suppliers last year, up from 11 in 2009.

Telecom-equipment provider Huawei has filed suit against Motorola to block the impending sale of Motorola technology to Nokia Siemens network, claiming that Motorola would be improperly selling the company's intellectual property.

Chinese environmentalists are criticizing Apple after employees at one of its Taiwan-based suppliers became sick from chemicals used in the touch screens of its iPhone and iPad devices.

China is taking action against the booming market in "shanzhai," or counterfeit, cell phones by stepping up handset inspections, more strictly regulating software and boosting telecoms' tracking of irregularities.

An advanced new Trojan virus has been infecting Android devices and stealing private information, according to mobile security firm Lookout, as the malware is transferred in otherwise legitimate programs hosted on Chinese app stores.

The success of Apple's iPhone has aggravated the U.S. trade gap in China this year, adding approximately $1.9 billion to the U.S. trade deficit this year.

More than one million smartphones in China have been struck by a "Zombie" virus -- hijacking address books and racking up charges by sending a barrage of text messages.

Chinese vendors who sell "white-box," or unbranded phones, are expanding into emerging markets like India and Africa, taking a large chunk of market share away from well-known handset makers.

Over 1,000 people lined up outside Apple's new Beijing store, as the company sold over 60,000 units of the iPhone 4 on its launch date last Saturday.

China's government is requiring mobile phone users submit personal information when signing up for new phone numbers, in a move to curb unsolicited spam and fraud.