A new profile explores how Apple CEO Tim Cook, with “cautious, cooperative and tactical” leadership, ended up being the Cupertino tech giant in the world’s largest company. After the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, both Wall Street and Silicon Valley were worried about Apple’s future. But, nine years later, …
Read More »Apple announces four-for-one stock split
Six years after Apple had its latest division, the company has announced that a four-to-one stock split will be held on August 24. Apple’s Board of Directors approved a four-for-one stock split, “to make stocks more accessible to a broader investor base,” the company says. Each registered Apple shareholder at …
Read More »Apple Suggests It Will Not Sell Apple Silicon To Other Companies
While he refuses to rule it out, Apple CEO Tim Cook says he’s moving Mac to Apple’s silicon specifically to enable his own product plans, not anyone else’s. Pressed on Apple’s upcoming silicon during Apple’s 2020 third-quarter earnings call, Cook declined to say that the company would never sell its …
Read More »Steve Jobs emails reveal why iOS users can’t buy Kindle books
Recently unearthed documents released by the US House Judiciary Committee as part of a big-tech investigation reveal why users can’t buy Kindle books on iOS. As part of its ongoing investigation into the dominance of tech companies, the antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of the US House of Representatives …
Read More »Tim Cook questioned about Apple’s 2019 ban on parental control apps using mobile device management
Apple in early 2019 removed or restricted many popular screen time and parental control apps from the App Store due to its use of Mobile Device Management, or MDM, which the company says put the user’s security and privacy at risk. During today’s antitrust hearing with the United States House …
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