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Auction for coffee with Tim Cook ends with $610,000 bid

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:08:40 +0100

A charity auction involving Apple's CEO has ended with a winning bid of over $600,000. The winner will receive a one hour coffee break with one of the most influential people in tech, Tim Cook. Read more...

Have coffee with Tim Cook for a mere $175,000 [Update: Over $600k!)

Ben Buffone — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:36:17 +0100

Bidding to meet Apple CEO Tim Cook for a coffee has reached $175,000. For this you'll get between 30 mins and an hour with Cook, with all proceeds going directly to charity, but would you pay that? Read more...

Tim Cook teases "surprises" coming this fall and in 2014

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:59:24 +0100

Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed during his regular quarterly conference call with analysts the company has " a lot more surprises in the works" that will be announced and launched this fall and into 2014. Read more...

After Tim Cook's apology, Chinese state media likes Apple again

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:02:17 +0100

Chinese state media have returned to their previous position in favour of Apple, praising Tim Cook for apologising over allegations of unfair treatment towards Chinese customers. Read more...

Steve Jobs may have played a role in design of next two iPhones

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:02:17 +0100

The district attorney of San Francisco recently said that an hour-long conversation with an Apple representative revealed that the next two iPhone products were designed under Steve Jobs. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook issues apology for Chinese customer service issues

John Callaham — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:01:07 +0100

Apple CEO Tim Cook has issued yet another public apology, this time to the company's Chinese customers, stating it will improve communication on its warranties and improve training for service staff. Read more...

Former Microsoft executive says Apple has lost its way

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:53:00 +0000

Bob Herbold, a former chief operating officer at Microsoft, is claiming Apple lacks the vision it once had with Steve Jobs no longer at the helm. Tim Cook, Herbold implies, is just an "administrator." Read more...

Apple "iWatch" coming in 2013 says Bloomberg [Update]

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:13:39 +0000

A report by Bloomberg has outlined some reasons why Apple will jump into the smart watch market during 2013, which will put Apple ahead of Google in the lucrative wearables market. Read more...

Apple's Tim Cook promises "some great stuff coming" to shareholders

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:31:39 +0000

Apple held its annual shareholders meeting today and while Apple CEO Tim Cook was silent about the company's future products, he did tell shareholders that it has "some great stuff coming." Read more...

Apple has paid out a total of $8 billion to developers

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:43:48 +0000

Developers received a handout of $8 billion, up from $6.5 billion three months ago which netted Apple around $3.5 billion in revenue and continues to show that iOS is a profitable platform for devs. Read more...

Tim Cook: iPads are going after the Windows PC market

John Callaham — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:45:30 +0000

Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks there is "the mother of all opportunities here" for its iPad tablet to take market share away from the larger Windows PC market in his remarks to financial analysts. Read more...

Apple's Tim Cook strongly hints at TV product plans

John Callaham — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:37:56 +0000

Apple CEO Tim Cook gives a pretty strong hint that the company is indeed working on a new television-related product in an interview, saying that TV is "an area of intense interest" for Apple. Read more...

Tim Cook makes fun of Surface, as Apple's own tablet sales miss targets

Andy Weir — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 04:25:43 +0100

While iPad sales failed to meet estimates, Apple's CEO nonetheless made fun of Surface, likening it to a "car that flies and floats", despite admitting that he hasn't yet tried Microsoft's new tablet. Read more...

Apple posts Steve Jobs tribute video on anniversary of passing

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:47:09 +0100

One year after the passing of Apple's ex-CEO, Steve Jobs, the Apple team has posted a tribute video on their main page honoring him. You can watch the whole thing after the break. Read more...

Tim Cook on Samsung verdict: "Values have won"

Tyler Holman — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:18:52 +0100

In celebration of Apple's huge victory over Samsung, Apple CEO Tim Cook has released a statement to employees regarding Samsung's 'flagrant copying' of Apple, and proclaiming that 'values have won.' Read more...

Apple and Samsung's execs to chat about lawsuit today

John Callaham — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:59:17 +0100

A new report claims that Samsung CEO Kwon Oh Hyun will chat on the phone later today with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the hopes that the two companies can resolve their current legal fight. Read more...

Apple CEO Tim Cook slams Windows 8 again

John Callaham — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:34:34 +0100

Apple CEO Tim Cook slammed Microsoft's plans again for supporting a hybrid laptop-tablet model for Windows 8, saying that merging the two systems makes one that isn't as good as it could be. Read more...

Apple and Samsung schedule patent settlement meeting

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 22:14:33 +0100

Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, is scheduled to meet with Samsung's CEO Gee-Sung Choi in San Fransisco on May 21st and May 22nd in an attempt to settle the companies' many patent lawsuits. Read more...

Tim Cook didn't visit Valve?

Tyler Holman — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:28:31 +0100

It turns out that Tim Cook didn't actually visit Valve headquarters last week, but the rumor was so convincing that Valve co-founder and director Gabe Newell actually thought it was true. Read more...

Rumor: Apple's CEO visited Valve this week?

John Callaham — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:55:36 +0100

An unconfirmed report claims that Apple CEO Tim Cook made a visit to Valve's offices in Bellevue, Washington this week, generating lots of speculation about a possible Apple-Valve team up. Read more...