Fox News - Fair & Balanced

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET

Search Site

Samsung

Samsung Group (; , informally Samsung) is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul.

Read More at Wikipedia
Could the next Apple iPad be made in the USA?

Several key parts in Apple's iPhone and iPad are actually made in America -- and Apple CEO Tim Cook hopes someday the entire product might be.

"I want there to be [manufacturing in the U.S.]," Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday during an interview at the All Things D conference in Rancho Palo Verdes, Calif. "This is not well known ... but the engine for the iPhone and the iPad are built in the U.S. in Austin, Texas," Cook said. "The glass is made in a plant in Kentucky," he added."Insourcing" the next iPad would be costly, requiring a capital investment as great as $10 billion. It would also bring tens of thousands of jobs to the United States, said Professor Z. John Zhang of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business."It's not impossible," Zhang told FoxNews.com.An Apple plant would require tens of thousands of jobs. "That's why in this case, the company at a minimum should take a look at this," he said."U.S. factories can make anything a Chinese factory can," said Tom Ha...

Read More

  1. Is it time to quit your long term cell phone contract?

    Cell phone customers are fuming and they're refusing to extend their long term service contracts, or at least that's the message based on recent subscriber numbers r...

  2. The latest news from the USOC - May 22

    Glenn Eller (Katy, Texas) secured his fourth U.S. Olympic Team nomination by outlasting the men's double trap field at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Shotgun on Ma...

  3. Apple to release 'most important product we've done'

    And you thought the iPad was insanely great.Apple's chief designer and scion of cool Jonathan Ive told London paper the Telegraph that neither the iPad nor the Macin...

  4. Organizers set out to protect Olympic brand

    One day, the small espresso shop near the site of the London Games was the "Olympic" cafe. The next day, it was the "Lympic."So where did the "O" go?The manager won'...

  5. Don't touch those rings: Organizers warn guerrilla marketers not to mess with Olympic brand

    One day, the small espresso shop near the site of the London Games was the "Olympic" cafe. The next day, it was the "Lympic."So where did the "O'' go?The manager won...

  6. Latest Apple iPhone rumor: Larger screens coming?

    Apple, which is expected to launch its next-generation iPhone later this year, has ordered screens from its Asian suppliers that are bigger than the ones used in iPh...

  7. Will wireless carriers stop paying subsidies on smartphones?

    Todd Haselton on what this could mean for consumers and phone companies.

  8. Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show

    Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century.At least, that's the opinion of the electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card issuers t...

  9. Get a phone with real 4G not 'faux G'

    Mark Spoonauer, Editor-in-Chief of Laptop Magazine, on how some phone carriers might be 'stretching the truth' and the hottest new tech gadgets on the horizon

  10. A Reason for RIM: Why we still need the Blackberry

    Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) hopes new hardware and software will end a tailspin that has seen stock fall more than 80 percent over two years as the com...

  11. North Korea looking to Singapore and Indonesia for business know-how and investment

    Less than two weeks after being punished with new U.N. sanctions, North Korea has sent its ceremonial head of state and two top economic officials to Singapore and I...

  1. Best gadgets and gizmos

    Clayton answers your tech questions

  2. Samsung begins Europe sales of latest smartphone

    Samsung, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said its third-generation Galaxy S smartphone went on sale Tuesday in 28 European and Middle Eastern countries, ...

  3. Google and Samsung debut new Chromebook

    With their limited functionality and dependence on a reliable web connection, Chromebooks have been a hard sell to even the geekiest of early adopters. But Google an...

  4. 5 gadget gifts for dads and grads

    There's always an excuse to buy a new gadget. I sat on my old phone. The dog chewed up my camera. The kids hijacked my iPad. It won't work with the latest software, ...

  5. I'm aiming to put my own mark on Apple, CEO Tim Cook says

    Apple chief executive Tim Cook sought to clarify his image Tuesday as leader of the gadget giant in the wake of his high-profile predecessor Steve Jobs.Cook, speakin...

  6. The latest news from the USOC - May 30

    Discus thrower Jeremy Campbell (Perryton, Texas) tossed a new world record of 62.18 meters en route to his gold-medal finish at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manche...

  7. Tim Cook takes center stage at All Things D conference

    Apple CEO Time Cook will be having a chat Tuesday night at the D10 conference -- in only his second public interview in recent months.In February, Cook appeared at t...

‹ Prev12345Next ›