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Foxconn: iPhone production to resume Tuesday

Ed Sutherland ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

A little riot shouldn't delay iPhone production in China. Long-troubled Foxconn, which makes iPhones, among other electronic devices, said Monday it will resume operations Tuesday following a riot involving 2,000 people that sent 40 to the hospital. In a statement, the manufacturer denied anyone died or that the uprising was work-related.

"The cause of this dispute is under investigation by local authorities and we are working closely with them in this process, but it appears not to have been work-related," the company said in a statement provided CNet...

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Tim Cook kicks off iPhone 5 event with the usual run of statistics

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

This is it, the moment we've all been waiting for for the last 11 months is finally here. The iPhone 5 event has just started, and Apple's CEO Tim Cook is now on stage.

As usual, Cook is kicking things off with a slew of interesting statistics regarding iOS devices, and other recent Apple accomplishments and milestones...

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Tim Cook reportedly in talks with Google’s Larry Page over patents

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 7, 2016

If you're getting as tired of all of the patent lawsuits as we are, then you'll happy to hear that Google and Apple have opened the lines of communications regarding intellectual property matters.

A new report is out this morning claiming that Tim Cook, and Google's CEO Larry Page, have been involved in behind-the-scene talks over a range of things, including mobile patent disputes...

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Tim Cook responds to Samsung ruling in internal email

Cody Lee ∙ August 24, 2012

Late this afternoon, the jury handed down a verdict in the US-based Apple vs Samsung trial. Samsung was found guilty of willfully infringing on several of Apple's patents, and will be forced to pay major damages.

Both companies have since released statements on the ruling. Apple, of course, is thrilled with the outcome, while Samsung says that it's a loss for the American consumer. And now, here's Tim Cook's response...

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Tim Cook hits the one year mark as Apple’s CEO

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 10, 2018

It was a year ago today that Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple Inc. Feeling unable to fulfill his duties and expectations at the position, he sent a heartfelt resignation letter out to the Apple Community.

In the letter, Jobs recommended that the Board of Directors name Tim Cook as his replacement. Which, as you know, they did. So today, we thought we'd take a look back at Tim's first year as Apple's leader...

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CEOs to hold last-minute settlement talks in Apple-Samsung case

Cody Lee ∙ Updated May 16, 2016

Surprise, surprise. The two companies that have been going at it in courtrooms around the world for the past year and a half, failed to reach any kind of settlement in their patent dispute this weekend.

In response to a suggestion by Judge Koh last week, attorneys from both Apple and Samsung met over the weekend in a last-ditch settlement effort before the trial gets handed over to the jury this week...

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Apple blames the rumor mill for iPhone sales miss

Cody Lee ∙ July 24, 2012

Despite the fact that iPhone sales were up year-over-year last quarter, the numbers failed to impress Wall Street. Apple missed analysts' projections by about 3 million handsets.

The company's Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer cited a number of reasons for the miss on today's earnings call. Among them, was persistent next-gen iPhone rumors...

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Tim Cook met with Samsung execs again to talk patent issues

Cody Lee ∙ July 19, 2012

As ordered by US District Judge Lucy Koh, Tim Cook reportedly met with Samsung's CEO and President of Mobile Communications earlier this week to discuss the ongoing patent war between the two companies.

Apple and Samsung's two-year long battle has recently landed them in Koh's northern California courtroom. And with the trial set to kick off on July 30th, the judge wanted them to give peace talks one last shot...

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Tim Cook flies to Sun Valley, presumably exploring deals with media moguls

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated April 4, 2018

Apple's boss today made a surprise appearance at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, an annual retreat, to attend a session called “Iran vs. Israel”, The New York Post reported. No one knew if he would put in an appearance and upon arriving he kept a low-key profile.

Apparently, Cook has lined up a bunch of powerful media executives for one-on-one meetings, looking to cut deals. After all, Apple is a media company (a powerful one, too) and it's been long-rumored that Cupertino's been persuading Hollywood moguls to provide premium programming for the mythical iTV...

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Tim Cook kicks off WWDC keynote with Apple stats

Cody Lee ∙ June 11, 2012

The moment that you've all been waiting for is finally here. Apple's big WWDC keynote has started, and the company's fearless CEO Tim Cook has taken the stage.

As usual, Cook's kicking things off by going over some of Apple's sales numbers and  other impressive accomplishments from the past couple of months...

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Munster on iTV: ‘if’ has been decided and now the question is ‘when’

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 1, 2012

Riding on his iTV  predictions, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster wrote in a note to clients today that a number of factors, including Tim Cook's D10 talk earlier this week, have led him to confidently assume that a full-fledged television set from Apple is a now a matter of 'when', not 'if'.

He is expecting iTV models ranging from 42 inches to 55 inches, costing between $1,500 and $2,000. Apple will announce its standalone television set later this year, he speculated, with general availability six months later...

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