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Daily Update for May 17, 2013

by Steven Sande (May 17th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Tim Cook talks about US-made Mac with Politico

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 17th, 2013)

Last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple was bringing production of an existing Mac line to the US. Cook shared some additional details on the project in an interview with Politco that was published yesterday. Besides being assembled in the US, many of the components will be produced in ...

Tim Cook talks Apple's tax situation ahead of next week's Senate hearing

by Yoni Heisler (May 16th, 2013)

Earlier this week we reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook is slated to testify at an upcoming Senate hearing focusing on the offshore tax practices of American corporations. As it stands now, Apple currently has over US$100 billion holed up overseas that it's hesitant to repatriate due to ...

Tim Cook to testify at Senate hearing on offshore tax practices

by Michael Grothaus (May 15th, 2013)

Political is reporting that Tim Cook is set to testify at a Senate hearing next week that is investigating the offshore tax practices of American corporations: Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to testify at the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation's hearing Tuesday, POLITICO has ...

'Coffee with Tim Cook' auction ends Tuesday afternoon, current bid is $605,000

by Yoni Heisler (May 14th, 2013)

A few weeks ago we reported on an online auction where the winner will have a unique opportunity to sit down for coffee with Tim Cook over at Apple's headquarters at 1 Infinite Loop. Since the auction began about three weeks ago, the bids reached unprecedented levels rather quickly. As it stands ...

NY State attorney general asks smartphone manufacturers to help combat theft

by Steven Sande (May 13th, 2013)

Smartphone thefts are running rampant -- especially in New York City -- so much that the practice of grabbing the expensive phones is being referred to as "Apple picking." Bloomberg announced yesterday that New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has sent letters to executives at ...

Tim Cook will headline All Things D conference next month

by Mike Schramm (May 1st, 2013)

The Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD blog has announced the lineup for its 11th AllThingsD conference happening later this month, and the lead draw is Apple's CEO. Yes, an interview with Tim Cook will headline the show. He appeared at the conference last year to talk about Apple's present and ...

Bidding for coffee with Tim Cook breaks $550,000

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 26th, 2013)

Two days ago, we reported on a Charitybuzz auction which was auctioning off coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple's headquarters. Since the "item" first became available for bidding, the price to sit down with the Apple CEO has continued to rise to incredibly high levels. At the time of ...

China continues to be an important driver of revenue growth for Apple

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 26th, 2013)

With Apple generating tens of billions of dollars in revenue each and every quarter, analysts have long been asking how Apple will be able to not only maintain, but increase its growth in the years to come. While there is always speculation surrounding great new mythical products the company may ...

Up for charity auction: A power meeting with Tim Cook

by John-Michael Bond (Apr 24th, 2013)

Charity Buzz has launched an auction for coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif. The meeting is valued at US$50,000 with the current bidding as of press time at over $14,000. This is the first time that one-on-one access to Cook has been offered via auction. ...

More realistic guidance from Apple results in better analyst estimates

by Steven Sande (Apr 24th, 2013)

Apple 2.0's Philip Elmer-DeWitt put it the best in the subhead for his Apple Earnings Smackdown article this morning when he said "Apple management may have found a way to tame the wild beasts of Wall Street." What he was referring to was the fact that most Wall Street analysts were actually ...

Tim Cook: We should have waited until 2013 to release new iMacs

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 24th, 2013)

During Apple's earnings conference call on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook fielded an analyst's question regarding Apple's product releases during the Fall 2012 quarter and delivered a surprisingly candid answer. Addressing the shipping delays that plagued Apple's new iMacs, Cook articulated that Apple ...

Glassdoor: Apple employees love Tim Cook

by Mike Schramm (Apr 23rd, 2013)

Glassdoor is a site that allows employees of various corporations to rate how they think their management is doing (while remaining anonymous), and the company has shared some info with TUAW that it says comes out of Apple's campus in Cupertino. The site works kind of like Yelp for employees, ...

Join us for a TUAW liveblog of the Apple Q2 2013 earnings call

by Steven Sande (Apr 23rd, 2013)

This afternoon, Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer will host Apple's Q2 2013 earnings call to discuss the company's financial fortunes for the quarter ending March 31, 2013. As always, TUAW is hosting a liveblog of the event, during which we'll be providing commentary on the actual ...

Chinese media satisfied with Tim Cook's apology

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 2nd, 2013)

In a letter from CEO Tim Cook, Apple apologized to Chinese consumers and pledged to improve its warranty policies in the Asian country. According to Reuters, the apology has been well-received by China's state-run media. Popular tabloid newspaper, the Global Times, writes this about Apple's ...