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Tim Cook tours a Foxconn facility in China

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 29th, 2012)

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in China, and he is making the most of his trip. Earlier this week, he went to an Apple Store in Beijing and met with the mayor of the city. He then met with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang. A Thursday morning report from Reuters now shows him touring a Foxconn facility in ...

Tim Cook meets with China's Vice Premier

by Steven Sande (Mar 28th, 2012)

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing yesterday to discuss intellectual property rights and, most likely, the ongoing iPad trademark dispute with beleaguered monitor manufacturer Proview. According to M.I.C. Gadget, which provided footage from Chinese TV of the ...

Tim Cook meets with mayor of Beijing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 27th, 2012)

Tim Cook was spotted in a Beijing Apple store on Monday and a report from a Chinese newspaper says the Apple CEO also met with Guo Jinlong, mayor of Beijing, later that day. Details about the meeting are not known, but it is thought he talked about market expansion and working more closely in ...

25 billionth app downloader flown to Beijing by Apple

by Mike Schramm (Mar 27th, 2012)

Fu Chunli, who downloaded the 25 billionth app from the App Store (yes, 25 billionth), was flown from her hometown of Qingdao, China to the Beijing Apple Store. Chunli has dubbed the "Apple Girl" by Chinese media, and didn't believe Apple representatives when they first shared the good news. ...

Tim Cook visits Apple Store in Beijing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 26th, 2012)

According to TechNode, Tim Cook spent his Monday morning with the employees and customers at the Xidan Joy City Apple Store in Beijing. The random spotting, recorded by user STwing of Chinese micro-blogging service Sina Weibo, kicked off rumors that the Apple CEO was in town to talk about the ...

Tim Cook: Apple pipeline "full of stuff"

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 19th, 2012)

Earlier today, Apple held a conference call and announced it would start paying shareholders a dividend as well as buy back US$10 billion in stock shares. During his talk, Tim Cook wouldn't discuss iPad sales or new products, but he did hint that Apple was not done innovating. "I am extremely ...

Tim Cook announces "record weekend" of iPad sales

by Michael Rose (Mar 19th, 2012)

Gene Munster knew that today's analyst conference call was reserved for discussion of Apple's newly announced dividend and stock repurchase plans, but he couldn't help himself -- he tried to sneak in a question about current results, specifically whether Apple would be issuing a press release ...

Apple hosting conference call on March 19 to discuss cash balance

by Steven Sande (Mar 18th, 2012)

Apple issued a press release today (Sunday, March 18) saying that CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer will host a conference call bright and early on Monday, March 19 to "announce the outcome of the Company's discussions concerning its cash balance." The call should be of particular ...

Graph shows the tweets per minute during Apple's March 7 event

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 8th, 2012)

Twitter crunched the numbers and created a graph that shows the number of tweets per minute during yesterday's Apple press event. The tweets peak at over 10K per minute when Cook introduced the cost of the iPad, fell during the app demonstrations and climbed up to 8K when Cook announced the iPad 2 ...

Apple initiates hiring drive in Israel

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2012)

Apple has posted listings around the Internet for a Technical Recruiter based in Israel, signifying that the company is kicking off a hiring drive in that country. The main goal of the individual in that position will be to get involved in "identifying, engaging and securing world-class candidates ...

Tim Cook: Right CEO at the right time

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 17th, 2012)

Tim Cook wowed us in his recent presentation at a Goldman Sachs investment conference. Rather than formal and serious, Cook was very casual and lively in this talk. He was also forthcoming about Apple, discussing its immediate concerns with manufacturing conditions and its overall plan for the ...

Tim Cook discusses Mountain Lion with the Wall Street Journal

by Chris Rawson (Feb 16th, 2012)

Many media outlets got a sneak preview of Apple's next version of OS X, Mountain Lion, and the Wall Street Journal was no exception. The Journal was treated to a preview from Apple CEO Tim Cook himself. He discussed with the Journal the basic philosophy behind OS X updates going forward: "We see ...

iCloud gains 15 million users in 21 days, now at 100 million users

by Steven Sande (Feb 16th, 2012)

Apple CEO Tim Cook, speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference yesterday, noted that iCloud now has over 100 million users. What's incredible is that just a month ago, Cook mentioned during the first quarter earnings call that the sync service had 85 million users. iCloud, ...

Cook: iCloud has 100 million users, 3 million Apple TVs sold last year

by Mike Schramm (Feb 14th, 2012)

Tim Cook spoke at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference, and he's shared a few up-to-date numbers about a few of Apple's platforms and services. iCloud is probably where he shared the most fascinating insight: The service now boasts over 100 million users, which is a very sizable ...

Tim Cook speaks on labor, cash and culture during Goldman Sachs conference (Update)

by Chris Rawson (Feb 14th, 2012)

Tim Cook presented remarks at a Goldman Sachs Technology Conference on February 14, and it turned out to be a quite lively affair. Cook opened up on a diverse array of topics ranging from Apple's commitment to improving working conditions at its suppliers all the way to what sounded to us like ...