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Tim Cook offers Apple employees extended vacation over Thanksgiving
Highlighting Apple’s successful 2012, Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out an email to employees today stating that Thanksgiving vacation this year will be extended with pay. And when we say extended, we mean that they get the entire week off. Not too bad Cook, not too bad at all. The letter reads: Team, Apple is […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook apologizes for iOS 6 Maps
Friday, September 28, 2012
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Tim Cook today penned the following letter for Apple customers: To our customers, At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment. We are extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook and Google CEO Larry Page engage in discussions over IP issues – Report
Thursday, August 30, 2012
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While Samsung and Apple remain at each other’s throats, a new report claims that Apple CEO Tim Cook has been engaged in secret talks with Google CEO Larry Page about a whole host of IP issues. Google Inc Chief Executive Larry Page and Apple CEO Tim Cook have been conducting behind-the-scenes talks about a range […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook sends out email, calls victory over Samsung a win for “values”
Saturday, August 25, 2012
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In the wake of Apple’s important win in US District Court yesterday, 9to5Mac posted an email sent out by Apple CEO Tim Cook to Apple corporate employees. Today was an important day for Apple and for innovators everywhere. Many of you have been closely following the trial against Samsung in San Jose for the past […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook did speak with Samsung CEO, no agreement was reached
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Samsung CEO Kwon Oh Hyun at the request of US District Court Judge Lucy Koh. Koh was, for whatever reason, optimistic – or at the very least thought it was worth a shot – that the two company heads could reach a resolution without having to put the […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook hobnobs with bigwig media executives
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
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The New York Post reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook showed up in Sun Valley, Idaho today for the annual Allen & Co. retreat. So why is this a big deal? Well the retreat is typically attended by media bigwigs and given all the rumors surrounding Apple’s foray into the Television business, Cook’s presence at […]
Continue reading...Apple turns over inventory every 5 days – Report
Monday, June 4, 2012
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Given Tim Cook’s penchant as an efficient operations wizard, the following piece of information is as unsurprising as it is impressive. According to a recent research report from Gartner, Apple has been ranked #1 when it comes to supply chain management. Specifically, Apple, which all told sells hundreds of millions pieces of hardware annually turns […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung to meet today in San Francisco
Monday, May 21, 2012
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Apple and Samsung have been tangled up in a legal battle that has droned on for over a year now. And while the two companies are still fighting as vigorously as ever, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung are scheduled to meet this afternoon for some good ole’ court ordered mediation where […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Gee-Sung Choi to meet for patent settlement talks in 3 weeks
Monday, April 30, 2012
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During Apple’s recent earnings conference call, CEO Tim Cook, when asked about Apple’s cash situation as it relates to the multitude of lawsuits it’s currently embroiled in, explained that he has always hated litigation and would prefer to settle legal disputes amicably rather than via the court system. At the same time, Cook explained that […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook isn’t worried about the “Law of Large Numbers”
Friday, April 27, 2012
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With another one of Apple’s blockbuster quarters in the bag, NetworkWorld published a piece detailing Apple’s ongoing financial success and the ill-conceived notion that Apple’s earnings growth can’t continue because of the law of large numbers. People like to look at Apple and ascertain how much more money Apple has to earn in order to […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook makes Time’s list of “100 most influential people in the world”
Thursday, April 26, 2012
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Time Magazine last week released a special issue listing the “100 most influential people in the world.” Initially, I refused to read it in protest for not having even been considered, but after getting over my prima donna mindset, I leafed through it and found that Apple CEO Tim Cook had made the cut. And […]
Continue reading...Tim Cook “hates litigation”, would prefer to settle than to battle in courts
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
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Apple’s current legal battles with Samsung encapsulate a large number of patents, innumerable suits and countersuits, and have resulted in legal motions across 11 jurisdictions across the globe. As you may remember, Steve Jobs in his biography was quite vocal about his intent to go thermonuclear on Android, vowing to spend every last dime in […]
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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