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Proview slams Tim Cook for meeting Chinese politicians ahead of iPad ruling

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated May 16, 2016

As we reported on Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook was on a China tour recently. He posed for iFan shots at the company's retail store inside Joy City, a Xidan, Beijing shopping mall. While the real purpose of his visit to the 1.33 billion people country (emerging as Apple's most important market) remains shrouded in secrecy, it does coincide with the Proview situation and an upcoming iPad launch in China.

According to a pair of news articles, Cook also met with local politicians to talk "intellectual-property issues". The meetings were "great", a spokesperson for the company said. However, Proview representatives were quick to slam Cook for conducting a “political public relations campaign”.

As you know, the embattled display maker Proview is suing Apple over the rights to use the iPad moniker in China, where Apple has yet to introduce its third-generation tablet. Shenzen courts are expected to rule on Apple’s latest appeal on the iPad trademark within 90 days.

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Apple’s Cook touring China to talk iPhone 5 with carriers (UPDATE: greater investment mulled)

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated February 7, 2016

Though Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs never visited China (so says the official biography), the new CEO Tim Cook has been spotted at the company’s Apple Store in Joy City, a shopping mall located in Xidan, Beijing. A local news article included pictures of Cook posing with fans, snapped at the store. However, the real purpose of the executives's visit to China is shrouded in secrecy.

Remember, Cook also visited China last year and was photographed at China Mobile's headquarters in Beijing. China Mobile, the nation's largest wireless operator and the world's largest carrier with more than 600 million subscribers, does not yet carry Apple's handset. Nonetheless, they are already hosting some 15 million iPhones on their network, up from 10 million back in October.

Is Cook in China to cut that long-expected iPhone deal with China Mobile?

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Tim Cook says Apple has a “pipeline full of stuff”

Cody Lee ∙ March 19, 2012

As expected, Apple held a conference call this morning to discuss plans regarding its stockpile of cash. Although investor relations and iPad numbers were the highlights of the call, Tim Cook did make another interesting announcement.

When asked about Apple's growth outlook — now that it's going to spend $10 billion dollars repurchasing stock, investors want to know how it's going to make that money back — Cook said that Apple's "pipeline is full of stuff..."

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Apple announces record iPad sales this weekend

Oliver Haslam ∙ March 19, 2012

Apple's new iPad may have been released on Friday, but the company is already crowing about its sales performances.

New CEO Tim Cook was asked about the new iPad's sales results during the conference call the company just held to explain what it is doing with that $100 billion war chest, and the answer was a simple one: Apple is "thrilled" by the iPad's performance.

Cook also went on saying that the new iPad had produced a "record weekend" although he did not elaborate on that comment. For all we know, he could mean the new iPad holds the record for most pixels, or shiniest box...

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Apple announces dividends and share repurchase program

Guest Author ∙ March 19, 2012

Apple CEO Tim Cook just announced the company's plans on what to do with their cash balance at this morning's conference call. Tim Cook announced that the Cupertino company plans to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program beginning later this year.

Cook said the company will offer a quarterly dividend of $2.65 a share in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2012 beginning in July. Additionally, Apple announced its Board of Directors has authorized a $10 billion share repurchase program starting in fiscal 2013, which begins September 30. Apple said it expected the move to take place over three years and said its goal was "neutralizing the impact of dilution from future employee equity grants and employee stock purchase programs."

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Apple called back to Congress to discuss privacy concerns

Jake Smith ∙ March 14, 2012

The United States Congress is set to give Apple another look. AllThingsD reports that Congress has sent a letter to Apple's CEO Tim Cook requesting he sends a company representative to the Capitol to brief Congress on how Apple is protecting its users personal information on mobile devices.

While Apple was called to congress in February, this time around it's about the issue of apps being able to view customers' photos, location data, and more without their permission...

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Tim Cook talks numbers at Apple iPad 3 event

Cody Lee ∙ March 7, 2012

Apple's iPad 3 event has begun, and the company's CEO Tim Cook has just taken the stage to get things started. Judging by his words, the theme of today's announcements is going to be "post PC products" (duh).

As with every Apple event, the company is kicking things off by talking about numbers. After all, numbers are what define whether or not a company is successful. And judging by this data, Apple's doing pretty good...

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Tim Cook says Apple’s working on new products that “will blow our minds”

Cody Lee ∙ February 24, 2012

Apple hosted its annual shareholder's meeting yesterday in Cupertino, California. This marked the first time that Tim Cook addressed the company's board and its investors as Apple's CEO.

Topics of the meeting ranged anywhere from Apple's record-breaking quarter last year, to its relationship with Facebook. Those who attended the affair described Cook as witty, knowledgeable, and passionate as he talked about Apple's future...

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Tim Cook thinks Apple and Facebook could work together more

Oliver Haslam ∙ Updated January 25, 2016

Apple's iOS and Mac integration with Twitter is a relatively new thing, and one that has had impressive results for the social network with reports of a 25% increase in sign-ups coming after the release of iOS 5. While Twitter is currently the only social network tied into iOS, that may not always be the case.

During a shareholder's meeting today, Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted that the company could become closer to Twitter's largest rivals, Facebook, and that he has personally always thought the two could work more closely.

The news will come as music to the ears of Mark Zuckerberg and his band of cronies, with any link to Apple being a veritable gold mine these days...

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Transcript of Tim Cook’s comments at the Goldman Sachs Conference

Sébastien Page ∙ February 14, 2012

We've talked quite a bit about Tim Cook's comments at the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference today. Tim Cook had talked at this same conference several times in the past, but it was his first time there as CEO of Apple.

We already published a recap of the event where Tim Cook proved once again that he is The Man for The Job, but the guys over at MacRumors have the full transcript...

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Tim Cook confirms he is The Man for The Job

Cody Lee ∙ February 14, 2012

Apple has been on an absolute rampage since Tim Cook took over Steve Jobs' role of Apple's CEO last August. A lot of folks wondered if the company could maintain its dominance without the passionate founder at the helm.

And although most of what we are seeing right now is still a direct result of Jobs' efforts over the last decade or so, you have to admit that Cook is no slouch. But if you had any doubts that he was the right man for The Job, read this...

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