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Former Apple Insider: “Steve Would Have Lost His Mind Over Siri”

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:25:12 +0000

Tim Cook has been profiled in this month’s issue of Fortune. Cook is being portrayed as a leader that is approachable. When a group of investors visited Apple as part of a “bus tour,” Apple CEO Tim Cook actually showed up to the meeting and answered questions diligently. This is something that Steve Jobs never did. As CEO, Cook also issued a dividend to shareholders and created a program to match employee gifts to charity. Cook also sits randomly with Apple employees in the cafeteria at lunchtime whereas Jobs typically dined with design chief Jonathan Ive. This is a small difference that employees have seen in terms of interacting with their CEO. In terms of shortcomings at the company since Jobs passed away is Siri. Siri is still in “beta” mode and it’s response time is considered slow. The servers and software powering Siri are inadequate. “People are embarrassed by Siri,” stated a former insider at the company. “Steve would have lost his mind over Siri.”

Mickey Drexler: Steve Jobs Wanted To Work On An iCar

Amit Chowdhry — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:46:09 +0000

Mickey Drexler, J. Crew CEO and Apple board member, gave an interview at Fast Company event Innovation Uncensored recently. In the interview he said that “Steve’s [Steve Jobs] dream before he died was to design an iCar.”

“Look at the car industry; it’s a tragedy in America. Who is designing the cars?” Drexler said. “Steve’s dream before he died was to design an iCar.” Steve Jobs often spent time making designs while in his hospital bed.

Towards the end of the interview, Drexler said that he has sympathy for current Apple CEO Tim Cook. “The best job to have: Take over a company that’s doing poorly,” Drexler said. “Never take over a company that’s doing great. You know, I love Tim Cook, but I wouldn’t want his job!”

Apple Reports $39.2 Billion In Q2 Revenues

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:34:20 +0000

Apple Inc. has announced their fiscal 2012 Q2 results ended March 31, 2012. Apple hit $39.2 billion in revenues and net profit of $11.6 billion. During the same quarter last year, Apple hit $24.7 billion in revenues and $6 billion in profits. Apple sold 35.1 million iPhones, 11.8 million iPads, 4 million Macs, and 7.7 million iPods.

“We’re thrilled with sales of over 35 million iPhones and almost 12 million iPads in the March quarter,” stated Apple CEO Tim Cook. “The new iPad is off to a great start, and across the year you’re going to see a lot more of the kind of innovation that only Apple can deliver.”

Apple and Samsung Lawyers Agree To Meet In Order To Settle

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:41:50 +0000

Apple and Samsung are in the middle of a heated patent battle, but the two sides have decided to meet in order to try and make a settlement. According to a court filing, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Gee-Sung Choi will participate in a settlement conference that will be overseen by U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero. This is not an indication that a resolution will be made, but this could lead to the two companies making their peace.

Apple CEO Tim Cook To Be Opening Speaker At D10

Amit Chowdhry — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:08:57 +0000

Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher has announced that Apple CEO Tim Cook will be the opening speaker at the 10th D: All Things Digital conference. This will be Cook’s first appearance at D. Cook is carrying on the legacy left by Steve Jobs, whom attended the D conference 6 times in the last decade. Before becoming CEO of Apple, Cook was COO and was responsible for worldwide sales and operations for the company’s supply chain. Cook also oversaw the Macintosh division. Before joining Apple, Cook worked at Compaq and spent 12 years at IBM.

Tim Cook Planning To Settle Patent Fight Against Samsung

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:43:26 +0000

Top Apple executives are meeting with top Samsung executives to settle their patent fight. This is a different stance than the late Apple CEO when he said he wanted to go “thermonuclear” with Android.

“Apple CEO Tim Cook does not seem to share his predecessor’s passion about laying all foes to waste. Cook appears to view litigation as a necessary evil, not a vehicle of cosmic revenge,” stated Paul Barrett at Bloomberg. “I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.” He also said, “I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong.”

Apple attacked Android partners HTC and Samsung by trying to say that they are making products which copies off of them. Barrett concluded that Apple’s case is weak. Apple’s argument is that both companies have phones that are “a rectangular product with four evenly rounded corners, a flat clear face covering the front of the product, [and] a large display screen under the clear surface.” Almost all smartphones look the same now and a lot of phones looked like the iPhone before it came out.

Tim Cook Visits China For First Time As Apple CEO

Amit Chowdhry — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:59:27 +0000

Apple CEO Tim Cook was spotted in China, which was his first time as Apple CEO. Cook visited the Apple Store in the Xidan district of Beijing. This is not Cook’s first visit to China. Cook was previously sent to China by Steve Jobs when issues came up with Foxconn. Jobs never visited China when he was CEO.

China Daily is speculating that Cook is there to meet with new telecommunications partner China Telecom, which began selling the iPhone 4S this month. There is a chance that he might be there to visit China Mobile to strike up a partnership. One of the biggest problems that Apple has in China is dealing with an “iPad” trademark dispute against Proview.

Tim Cook Answers Questions At Goldman Sachs Technology Conference

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:00:14 +0000

Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, California yesterday. He answered questions about the working conditions in Chinese factories, 37 million iPhones being sold in Q1 2012, breaking into emerging markets, the halo effect in emerging markets, 55 million iPads being sold, tablet competition, product pricing, use of their cash (such as dividends), cannibalization of Mac sales by the iPad, Apple TV, iCloud, Siri, and corporate culture. To read a transcript of the Q&A from the conference, check out Forbes.

Tim Cook: Apple Employees To Get $500 Off Macs and $250 Off iPads

Amit Chowdhry — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:33:38 +0000

At a town hall meeting today, Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook talked about new employee benefits. Cook announced that Apple employees will soon be given $500 discounts on purchases of new Macs and $250 discounts on purchases of a new iPad. The new discount program will be applied at some point in June 2012. The Apple employees may utilize the discount opportunity once every three years and the employee must have been working for Apple for at least 90 days. The Mac discount includes the Mac Mini. Current employees already have a 25% discount on Macs.

Apple Reports Their Best Quarter Ever

Amit Chowdhry — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:29:20 +0000

Today Apple Inc. announced the financial results for the first 2012 quarter which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The company reported $46.33 billion and recorded a net profit of $13.06 billion. One year ago, the company reported $26.74 billion in revenues and profits of $6 billion. International sales accounted for 58% of the company’s revenue.

Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones in the quarter which is a 128% unit growth over the quarter from one year ago. Apple also sold 15.43 million iPads during the quarter, which is a 111% percent unit increase over the quarter from a year ago. In terms of laptop sales, Apple sold 5.2 million Macs during the quarter. The iPod music player saw 15.4 million unit sales.

“We’re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs,” stated Apple CEO Tim Cook. “Apple’s momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline.”