Lukáš Gondek It is said that Steve Jobs did not throw a pen at Eddy Cue. Tim Cook was amused by a performance with an iPad on Jimmy Fallon's talk show, and new iPhones are selling like crazy in China...
Apple Named the Most Valuable Billionaire Company in America (March 19)
With a value of $104,7 billion, Apple topped Brand Finance's list of the most valuable billion-dollar companies in the United States. The Californian company thus found itself in front of such competitors as Google (68,6 billion), Microsoft (62,8 billion) or the American telecommunications service provider Verizon (53,5 billion). During the past year, Apple became the most valuable company according to Interbrand, and Forbes magazine placed Apple at the top of the list of "the most admired companies in the world".
Source: MacRumors
Eddy Cue: Steve Jobs didn't throw a pen at me (March 19)
Not only the new book about Apple by journalist Yukari I. Kane condemned by Tim Cook himself, now Eddy Cue, Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, has also come forward with its falsity. There was a story about him in the book in which Steve Jobs allegedly threw a pen at Cue when he wouldn't stop talking even after Jobs told him to "shut up." A 9to5Mac editor emailed Eddy asking about the veracity of this anecdote, and to the editor's surprise Cue replied, "No, it's not true." So while the story fits Jobs' choleric nature, it's probably not based on fact.
Source: 9to5Mac
Bertrand Serlet Drags Apple People for His Secret Startup (19/3)
Upthere, a cloud company founded by ex-Apple employees led by Bertrand Serlet, Apple's former vice president of software engineering, is hiring more and more ex-employees of the Californian giant. People who were involved in the development of iTunes or iCloud in the past are now working to start the company. One of the newly hired people is, for example, Timm Michaud, who was part of the team working on the Apple Online Store user interface. What exactly Upthere will be remains a mystery for now.
Source: iMore
Steve Jobs could be played by Christian Bale in Fincher's film (March 20)
Not much is known about the new Steve Jobs movie, but in recent weeks there has been talk of David Fincher as the director. According to The Wrap, Fincher has one condition for him to join the project, and that is Christian Bale. He is said to be the only one who could imagine Fincher in the main role of the head of Apple. The film is scheduled to premiere in 2015, so the filmmakers still have quite a bit of time. In addition, Christian Bale is currently on acting leave, so the role has not even been officially offered to him yet. But if everything works out, we could witness a repeat of the success of the past collaboration between Fincher and Sorkin, the screenwriter of the film, when their film The Social Network won three Oscars.
Source: The Verge
After 37 years, the first seller of Apple products in the world ends (March 20)
Team Electronics (later FirstTech) was the first ever store to sell Apple computers. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the store has been selling Apple products since the late 70s, celebrating its 2012th anniversary in 35. Unfortunately, FirstTech will be forced to close shop on March 29 due to low earnings. Manager Fred Evans says the low margin is mainly due to national distributors who can afford to sell Apple products below cost. Even the Apple Story itself, of which there are five in Minneapolis, is to blame for the critical decline in earnings in recent years. At the same time, FirstTech had a very good relationship with Apple, salespeople in the Apple Store often referred customers with old Macs to the local store. In an official statement, Fred Evans recalled the days when Apple was completely new to the market: "Apple was so new to the computer market that they didn't even have the necessary paperwork to sign a contract. We had to take a three-year-old contract, rewrite the subscriber's name to Apple and use it to sign.”
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Source: 9to5Mac
Steve Jobs' yacht spotted sailing in Mexico (20/3)
Although in 1980 Steve Jobs told journalist John Markoff that he did not count on a yacht in his future, in 2008 he commissioned French designer Philippe Starck to build his dream boat. The yacht cost more than 100 million euros, but Jobs died before the boat was completed. The yacht was last seen in the port of Amsterdam awaiting payment. This has most likely already happened, because the yacht has been seen several times at sea in Mexico.
Source: CultOfMac
One million new customers bought an iPhone at China Mobile in February (March 20)
The head of China's largest telecommunications service provider China Mobile, Li Yue, confirmed on Thursday that over 1 million customers bought the iPhone in China during the first months of sales. China Mobile is trying to outpace the competition by expanding its 4G network along with selling the latest Apple phone models. According to analysts, China Mobile can provide Apple with an additional 2014 to 15 million new customers during 30. Apple sold 2014 million iPhones in the first quarter of 51, for a total of 2014 million as of January 472,3.
Source: MacRumors
Tim Cook linked to Jimmy Fallon's video on Twitter (21/3)
According to Tim Cook's tweet The CEO of Apple was apparently very amused by Jimmy Fallon on his American talk show "The Tonight Show" when he and American singer Billy Joel cut a duet using the Loopy application on the iPad. Loopy helps create music by recording and looping sounds you've recorded yourself. Fallon and Joel sang the 1960 classic The Lion Sleeps Tonight with the help of the app during the evening show. Each sang different parts of the song, resulting in a fun video to end Apple Week today.
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Source: MacRumors
A week in a nutshell
In the past week, there have been several changes to the Apple Online Store, when Apple withdrew iPad 2 from sale, replaced it with iPad 4 and at the same time started selling iPhone 5c with 8GB capacity. Over the course of two years, the Czech iTunes movie store has also changed in its offer there are now over 200 dubbed films.
Apple president Tim Cook during the week not only expressed the untruth new books about Apple, but he was at the same time declared one of the 50 greatest leaders in the world.
And while Apple's smartwatch is still awaited, Google was not idle and presented to the world its version of the operating system for smart watches.
"since 1970, so in 2012 he celebrated his 30th anniversary" where did those 12 years go?
Thanks, fixed!