Displaying items by tag: Tim Cook

A little more than two years ago, Apple took its first steps towards being the leader in the next phase of computing – the mobile desktop.

It is a bold prediction to make but the humble MacBook may be on its way to being consigned to the dustbin of history at Cupertino thanks to the glimpses of the current management’s vision of the future we were treated to this morning.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is convinced the Apple Watch will be ‘one of the top gifts of the holiday season’, so Australian retail availability is expanding!

Apple has never publicly announced expectations for watch sales but now says sales have exceeded internal expectations, with June sales higher than April or May.

iTWire colleague Ray Shaw, a noted Windows fanboy who slavishly praises Microsoft’s innovations (which always need fixing in the next version), thinks Apple Watch will fail.

Let’s face it, Apple tech is so popular that just because it launches doesn’t mean you’ll be able to get it on day one, with the Watch no exception.

Apple is damn serious about fighting AIDS, and is doing something about it: actively instigating developer support with 24 apps in a donation scheme to apply incredible December support to fight AIDS.

Apple’s click-wheel enabled iPod was once the epitome of portable music playability, but when a parts shortage loomed, Tim Cook sent the iPod to God.

Apple has announced its annual results. They include results for the last quarter, when the iPhone 6 was released. Things are looking good.

Legendary US investor Carl Icahn, who owns a billion dollars’ worth of Apple shares, says the company should be worth twice what it is and wants CEO Tim Cook to give the go ahead to buy back US$100 billion worth of shares.

Apple is full of momentum with the hugely successful launch of its new iPhone range and it looks set to continue, with an iPad launch event reportedly set for 16 October. 

American talk show host and journalist Charlie Rose sat down with enigmatic Apple CEO Tim Cook for about two hours, but what exactly did we learn about the man who has the unenviable task of following the late great Steve Jobs, and his company that is about to embark upon its biggest product release to date?

Apple has broken with tradition and announced sales numbers for ‘pre-ordered’ iPhone 6s. They are, as you might expect, very popular.

Apple has finally let the cat out of the bag, inviting media to its Cupertino, California hometown for a "special event", where it's expected to unveil the next generation of iPhones and potentially an iWatch.

It's the fabled unicorn of the tech world - Apple's long awaited 'iWatch' has been talked about for months if not years, and it looks like we finally have a firm release date.

Apple's iPhone may be designed in good ol' California, USA but its components, made in Asia, have become significant drivers of a number of Asian economies, according to analysts and government officials.

A US researcher has mounted a very strong case that Apple has deliberately left security holes in iOS. Apple’s response is underwhelming.

The biggest IT company of the 21st century has joined with the biggest of the 20th century in an unlikely alliance. Here comes IBM’s big data and analytics on iPhones and iPads.

Apple has hit back at China after the country's state-based TV station claimed location data in iPhones oculd be used to compromise state secrets.

New Zealand personal cloud software startup MyWave has appointed Collins Asset Management managing director Tim Cook to the position of non-executive director in the wake of a successful completion of a first round private capital raising.