One year after Steve Jobs ' death, Apple is now the most valuable in the world. By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech   NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Here's one of those peculiar Apple paradoxes: One year after the death of Steve Jobs -- the iconic leader Barron's once called "the world's most valuable CEO" -- Apple's value has soared. 

Apple CEO Tim Cook visited Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory in March, months before Friday's report of a massive strike at the plant's iPhone 5 production lines. source : CNN By Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoney   NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Thousands of factory workers at Foxconn went on strike Friday to protest their working conditions on the iPhone 5's production lines, according to a report from an independent workers' rights organization.

(Source: CNN) --  Photo Comparison (Source: CNN) Some iPhone 5 users are complaining that a burst of purple is showing up in their photos -- and Apple seems to be acknowledging it's just part of how the camera works. Since Apple's new smartphone was released just over a week ago, some of the millions of users have reported that, when a strong source of light is present in their photographs, the light takes on a purple hue.

Opening weekend sales of Apple's iPhone have quintupled since 2008-2009. (Data: Apple.) Apple today said it had sold more than 5 million iPhone 5 smartphones during the opening three-day weekend of sales, a 25% increase over last year's launch of the iPhone 4S. "Demand for iPhone 5 has been incredible and we are working hard to get an iPhone 5 into the hands of every customer who wants one as quickly as possible," said Apple CEO Tim Cook in a Monday statement. The 5 million includes units sold through its own retail stores, those through its carrier partners' stores, and the ones that were delivered Friday or Saturday from pre-sales on its online store which started Sept 14. Apple began selling the iPhone 5 early Friday, Sept. 21.