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Apple sent the Fair Labor Association (FLA) in Monday to start inspecting the conditions under which its widgets are made including Foxconn's factories in China, the recent subject of an Upton Sinclair-like exposé by the New York Times. Apple said the FLA and its labor rights experts are supposed to interview thousands of workers about their living and working conditions including health and safety, wages, hours and communication with management, checking the plant floor, dorms and other facilities and reviewing documents relating to all stages of employment. Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement that "The inspections now underway are unprecedented in the electronics industry, both in scale and scope, and we appreciate the FLA agreeing to take the unusual step of identifying the factories in their reports." The inspectors are supposed to get complete cooperation.... (more)

Digital Landing Helps Customers Enjoy Integration of Internet, Cable TV

MIAMI, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Over the past few years, cable TV providers have embraced the Internet as a way to give their customers more ways to access their entertainment. On Tuesday, Time Warner Cable launched a beta version of their streaming video service, joining a handful of other providers that have made their shows and movies available away from television sets. DigitalLanding.com allows customers to search for Cable TV and High Speed Internet providers in their areas, and many of those providers have apps that allow viewing on-the-go. Time Warner Cable give... (more)

Apple Starts Unleashing Mountain Lion

Sooner than expected, Apple Thursday started previewing a developer-directed beta of Mountain Lion, its next-generation Mac OS X 10.8, due out late this summer. It's borrowed some more features from iOS like the popular and unlimited iChat-replacing iMessages IM as well as Notes, Games Center and Reminders and changed the names of Mac's Address Book to Contacts and iCalc to Calendar, making the two operating systems more alike - you can see where this is going, right? Mountain Lion also integrates with Twitter and Apple's own iCloud. Documents created on Macs will be available ... (more)

Prima Games Releases The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim® Official World Interactive Map App for the iPad and iPhone

Prima Games, an imprint of Random House Inc., releases The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim® Official World Interactive Map app for the iPad and iPhone, the only authorized Skyrim app available on iTunes. The strategy app, approved by Bethesda Game Studios®, reveals every primary and secondary location, point of interest, world encounter, vendor, trainer, and unique item across the realm. From the 9 major hold cities to the expanses of wilderness and mountains, you'll never get lost with over 150 interactive maps. This interactive map is made by the same team as the critically acclaimed T... (more)

This Week in Cloud, February 16, 2012: Google Drive, Telcos vs. AWS, Forecast AWS charges mid-month, New cloud security approaches. And more…

Download our iPhone app New: Download the This Week in Cloud iPhone app. Now it’s even easier to get your weekly cloud news and perspectives. Cloud News Google is reportedly close to introducing a cloud-storage service called Drive, which will be similar to Dropbox. This PC World article points out that the service offering could potentially turn Google partners into rivals. Are telcos poised to disrupt Amazon’s enterprise cloud? This Information Week article makes the case that they are, citing speakers from the Cloud Carrier Forum held at the Cloud Connect conference. One point ... (more)