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President Obama recognizes Apple during State of the Union address

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 12th, 2013)

During tonight's State of the Union address, US President Barack Obama gave a specific shout out to Apple, and indirectly to CEO Tim Cook, who is attending the speech. The President cited Apple's plans to bring production of one of its Mac product lines back to the U.S. Cook was previously ...

Tim Cook makes shortlist for Time's Person of the Year

by Mike Schramm (Dec 18th, 2012)

Time Magazine has posted its shortlist for the annual Person of the Year awards, and there's at least one familiar face on there for Apple fans: Apple CEO Tim Cook has made the cut. Along with Barack Obama, Bill and Hilary Clinton and Yahoo CEO (and former Google exec) Marissa Mayer, Cook is ...

President Obama meets with Tim Cook, others

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 19th, 2012)

President Barack Obama spoke with prominent business leaders over the weekend to discuss his plan to avert the financial crisis that is looming early next year. According to Reuters, the list of senior corporate leaders with which Obama spoke include JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon, investor ...

Barack Obama and the iPad-in-Chief

by Chris Rawson (Apr 25th, 2011)

US President Barack Obama has been well-known for his love of RIM's BlackBerry, at least until last year when he admitted that the device is now "no fun" because of the security strictures he faces as Commander-in-Chief. The President has also said that technology in the White House is "30 ...