Feb. 22, 2012 | ROY HARRIS

The shakeup in workplace conditions --- and especially pay levels --- at Apple Chinese partner Foxconn Technology is occurring far faster than most observers expected. It was just over a week ago, after all, that Apple said it was asking the Fair Labor Association, a global worker rights group, to audit working conditions at plants operated by its largest suppliers, including Foxconn.

Feb. 22, 2012 | ANUSHKAR MOHINANI

Foo Fighters frontman, in his Grammy Award acceptance speech, honoured the “human element” of music that has lost its place in the digitally advanced industry.

Feb. 21, 2012 | YVES POPPE

It can only be an upward slope.

Feb. 21, 2012 | TONY BRADLEY

Google is in some hot water for bypassing privacy controls on the Safari Web browser in iOS devices--and allegedly on Internet Explorer as well--to surreptitiously track users' online activities. While Google deals with the backlash and regulatory scrutiny from the FTC, there is an important lesson to be learned: privacy is dead.

Feb. 20, 2012 | MIKE ELGAN

Sunday's launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note should be one of the biggest smartphone launches ever -- its screen is 5.3 in. diagonally.

Feb. 20, 2012 | ZAFAR ANJUM

Singapore's DBS Bank does not seem to have learnt from its mistakes.

Feb. 17, 2012 | ROY HARRIS

A dramatically slower 2011 fourth quarter for technology mergers and acquisitions shouldn't discourage corporate finance chiefs, because buyer activity this year actually could be boosted by the dampened expectations.