According to the internet, Apple has to everything everyone else has ever done, plus make real everything science fiction has ever imagined, or WWDC 2013 will be a disappointment, and Apple will again and forever be doomed. No pressure there. But what exactly is this unattainable goal being set for Apple? Justin Willaims of Carpeaqua [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Tim Cook’
Apple vs the U.S. Congress: Can Apple convince Congress to fix cash repatriation tax laws?
Posted by ryan on May 18th, 2013
Apple has $102 billion in cash overseas. It wants to bring that money back to the U.S. but it doesn’t want to pay the 35% in taxes the U.S. government is demanding. Apple calls it smart business, Congress might end up calling it tax evasion. Who’s right? It’s quite popular for people reporting on Apple’s [...]
Editor's desk: Escape from New York!
Posted by ryan on May 6th, 2013
I did it, I escaped from New York! After spending three of the last four weeks at the temporary Mobile Nations HQ in NYC, trying my best to get all the #TM13 prep work done, as well as keeping up with the daily iMore grind of news, views, and podcasts. Luckily, in addition to our [...]
Rumors of OS X 10.9's "delay" are unfounded
Posted by ryan on May 4th, 2013
Recently the blogosphere has begun to coalesce around a common idea: OS X 10.9 is going to be delayed. Balderdash, I say. OS X 10.9 isn’t delayed, because Apple hasn’t announced a ship date for it. In fact, Apple hasn’t said much publicly about iOS 7 or OS X 10.9, except a passing comment from [...]
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Tags: Mountain Lion, Phil Schiller, Scott Forstall, Tim Cook 
Comments OffTim Cook auctions off coffee with himself for charity
Posted by ryan on April 26th, 2013
Tim Cook is holding an auction for coffee and conversation with himself on Apple’s campus for charity. The terms of the deal state that the meeting will last between thirty minutes and an hour, and will cover two people. The auction is being run through Charitybuzz. Bid now on this unique opportunity to have coffee [...]
Mac sales down slightly, but PC sales down much more
Posted by ryan on April 24th, 2013
There wasn’t great news for Mac enthusiasts in Apple’s latest quarterly earnings report – Mac sales are actually down year over year. Apple sold 3.952 million Macs this past quarter, compared to 4.017 million for the same quarter a year ago. Putting a positive spin on the news, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer noted during the [...]
Tim Cook teases "exciting new product categories" for this fall and 2014
Posted by ryan on April 24th, 2013
Apple’s quarterly conference calls are always full of enlightening snippets of information, and the call following the release of the second quarter of 2013 financial results was no exception. In addition to revealing explosive growth in China, aggressive iPhone 4 pricing in developing markets, and that there are still trade-offs that would exist were Apple [...]
Apple financial results and conference call today 2pm PDT, 5pm EDT
Posted by ryan on April 23rd, 2013
Apple is set to release their Q2 2013 financial results, and conduct their usual conference call, today at 2pm PDT, 5pm EDT. Most times the only news we get out of it is how many more billions Apple made, and what kind of shots Tim Cook took at competitors and analysts asking about TVs for [...]
Apple’s challenges in China, and what investors need to know
Posted by ryan on April 4th, 2013
In the not-so-distant past, Tim Cook has been quoted as saying he expects China to emerge as the company’s largest source of revenue. Back in January, we discussed this growth in China, along with Asymco.com’s estimate that China would overtake US sales at Apple by 2016. Has anything changed? We can’t really say “no”. There [...]
Development of the next two iPhones began under Steve Jobs, of course
Posted by ryan on April 2nd, 2013
One does not simply pull an iPhone whole from the void and birth it in a single day. As anyone involved in the design, development, and manufacturing of iPhone-class products will tell you, it takes a long, long time and roadmaps typically stretch out over years. So, it comes as little surprise that the next [...]
