HTC One delayed due to suppliers who think it’s not a ‘tier-one customer’

It doesn't matter how great your phone is if you can't actually get it built.

New Instacart feature lets friends and colleagues share a shopping cart (exclusive)

To make it easier for roommates or colleagues at a small company to order items for a shared kitchen, Instacart has launched a new feature called "Shop with Friends."

Apple’s CEO defends the iPhone 5′s screen size, takes on supply chain rumors

Apple chief Tim Cook's eagerness to respond to the rumors could be a sign that the initial analysis from the Wall Street Journal (and others) was completely off.

Apple’s iPhone 5 display orders reportedly cut in half, weak demand blamed

Apple may have overestimated just how many display panels (and other components) it needed to meet the iPhone 5's demand.

RIM sloughs off manufacturer Celestica as it reevaluates supply chain

Research in Motion is cutting its supply chain up, starting with smartphone manufacturer Celestica, which will stop RIM production completely within the next 3-6 months.

The manufacturer expects to spend around $35 million on restructuring after RIM’s departure.

RIM has …

BizSlate offers cloud-based supply-chain management tool for small companies

BizSlate unveiled a supply-chain management tool for small medium-sized businesses today.

Until recently, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software has been an expensive, complicated proposition, offered by the likes of SAP, Oracle, and Sage to large companies that can afford multi-hundred-thousand-dollar …

Dylan’s Desk: You are all to blame for Apple’s factories

If you’re angry about Apple’s manufacturing process, you should be. But don’t stop with Apple.

As everyone knows by now, iPhones and iPads are built in huge Chinese manufacturing plants where tens of thousands of people work 12-hour shifts for …

With record earnings, Apple has no excuse for continued labor abuses

In a week when Apple reported its highest quarterly earnings ever, the company is still plagued with reports of labor abuses among its suppliers.

It’s becoming increasingly clear that Apple — which is now sitting pretty with $97.7 billion in …

Apple relies on frickin’ lasers to shine light through metal

While you likely haven’t thought much about how Apple gets those green lights to shine through its metal products, like its webcam indicators on the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, doing so was a significant problem for Apple’s design mastermind …