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Apple CEO Tim Cook wanted to give Steve Jobs part of his LIVER
An astonishing story is to appear in a new book on Steve Jobs - suggesting that current Apple CEO Tim Cook once offered to give Apple's dying founder part of his liver. Seriously. According to Fast Company, Cook went as far as getting all of the tests done - before Jobs refused to take it.…
Apple’s Tim Cook always thought Google Glass would fail
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been speaking out on Google Glass and how he always thought that it would fail. But he would say that, wouldn't he? The Glassholes over at Glass Almanac spotted the key quote, in a recent profile of Apple's design guru Jony Ive in the New Yorker. Here's what it says:…
Apple’s Tim Cook gets a $6.7m bonus
Apple CEO Tim Cook is taking home a $6.7m bonus this year - as well as a $1.7m salary and $774,176 in "other compensation". Forget belt tightening - he should be switching to sweatpants. According to PhysOrg, the hefty bonus - which works out at about £4.5m - is perhaps due to the iPhone 6…
The Digest: Apple on trial… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Apple 'deleted' rivals' music from iPods, court hears | BBC News "Apple has been accused by lawyers in a court case of 'deleting' songs from rival services from some iPods during the past decade. Users with non-iTunes music received a message telling them to restore devices to their factory settings when they tried…
The Digest: Russia wants to ban Apple CEO Tim Cook… and 4 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Russian politician says Apple CEO Tim Cook should be 'banned' from country after coming out as gay | The Independent "Hours after Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly addressed his sexuality for the first time, a St Petersburg politician has called for him to be banned from Russia. Anti-LGBT campaigner Vitaly Milonov, a member…
Apple CEO Tim Cook reveals that he is gay. But still no comment on an Apple TV upgrade.
Apple has today announced that its CEO, Tim Cook, is gay. Writing in Business Week, Cook says: "I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who…
The Digest: Twitter keeps spreading its wings… and 5 other things people are talking about today
[nextpage title="Next"] Twitter increases users and sales but shares slide | BBC News "Twitter has reported a doubling in sales and a 23% increase in the number of active users of its micro-blogging site for the third quarter. The firm said it added 13 million monthly active users between July and September, meaning it now…
Look forward to charging up your Apple Watch every night
Tim Cook has been speaking to the Wall Street Journal, and has apparently at long last commented on the forthcoming Apple Watch's battery life. Here's how the WSJ quote him: "We think people are going to use it so much you will end up charging it daily," says @tim_cook on Watch battery life pic.twitter.com/wyOZWNtqcJ— Joanna…
Apple releases tool to remove free U2 album from iTunes accounts
One of the major announcements at Apple's iPhone 6 launch last week was the band U2 giving iTunes users around the world a free copy of their new album, Songs of Innocence. The internet went into meltdown, with many people expressing displeasure and even outrage that a band they disliked would give them a free…
Apple board pressing for speedier innovation under Tim Cook
The pressure is on for Apple CEO Tim Cook to push out a new line of innovative products according to Fox Business Network correspondent Charlie Gasparino, who claims that Apple's board is concerned about the speed of innovation under the…
