Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo

Ferrari Meets Apple - Apple CEO And Ferrari President Meet

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Ferrari President Luca Di Montezemolo, had a meeting which lasted nearly 2 hours.while Luca was invited far a talk in Stanford and also met Tim Cook. The news was posted on Ferrari website the title of which says - Ferrari Excites Silicon Valley.

Ferrari lives its brand-through an emphasis on story-telling and an expectation that its legend is known by all its audiences and Apple is a brand which is well know for its unique design and globally renowned performance product wise as well as when it comes to sales. Apple CEO Tim Cook always wanted to know Ferrari from close. Passion for excellence and innovation was a key reason from this friendly meeting. Tim Cook has been rated as the greatest entrepreneur and Ferrari is no less than world's best car manufacturing firm. 

For Ferrari the USA is the most important market in the world. Luca di Montezemolo met Apple CEO Tim Cook and the heads of Google, talking in front of more than 600 students from Standford University. ''I'm not here to sell cars, but to communicate a dream," he said under the applause of the guests at the conference 'View from the top'. The Ferrari Chairman encouraged the young students to follow their dreams: ''Be creative, follow your goals, use technology, dominate innovation, but don't become dependent on machines, you have to be in the driver's seat of your lives. Never loose the curiosity for what is around you."

"Intelligence and innovative ideas can contribute to change and shape the future", Montezemolo concluded. "Passion and attention for the smallest details are what makes our cars, those who create them and those who drive them so special, living continuous excitement."

Passion was also the golden thread at the friendly meeting with Tim Cook: ''I was impressed by his availability and openness," Montezemolo said leaving the headquarters after a 2-hour face-to-face meeting. "We're building cars, they build computers. But Apple and Ferrari are connected by the same passion, the same love for the product, maniacal attention to technology, but also to design."

Tom Cook wanted to see the FF from close up, Montezemolo had used to drive to Cupertino, admiring the shapes and the interior of the 4-door 4x4 from the Prancing Horse, excited about the sound of the 12-cylinder engine. Excitement Ferrari has always been stimulating all over the world and also here in Silicon Valley. - Ferrari

Source : Ferrari

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Apple CEO Tim Cook And Samsung CEO Geesung Choi Come To Meet For Settlement

Apple & Samsung To Meet For Settlement Talks - FOSS Patents

Apple and Samsung, leaders of mobile industry are fighting against each other for settling of lawsuit patents which would restrict one party from doing business in certain regions. The two company giants are dependent on each other for doing business. For instance, Apple does business of worth $8 Billion annually with Samsung which includes manufacturing LCD's, processors etc. 

The settlement is considered as semi-voluntary as the federal Judge Lucy Koh, ordered the parties to present their view on for an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) effort. In this situation, both the company CEO had to be available in the presence of Jude Lucy Koh.

Here's what Apple and Samsung said:

"As directed by the Court, Apple and Samsung are both willing to participate in a Magistrate Judge Settlement Conference with Judge Spero as mediator. At Apple, the chief executive officer and general counsel are the appropriate decision-makers, and they will represent Apple during the upcoming settlement discussions. At Samsung, the chief executive officer and general counsel are also the appropriate decision-makers, and they will represent Samsung during these settlement discussions."

Judge Koh ordered the following:

"The parties have indicated that they are willing to participate in a Magistrate Judge Settlement Conference ('MJSC'). ECF No. 873. Therefore, the parties are hereby referred to an MJSC with Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero with a 90-day deadline. As the parties have indicated in their joint statement, the chief executive officer and general counsel of Apple and the chief executive officer and general counsel of Samsung shall appear and participate at the MJSC."

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Asks AT&T To Unlock Angry Customer's iPhone 3GS

Tim Cook Asked AT&T To Unlock An Angry Customer's iPhone 3GS

Apple has its unique ways of making the customers loyal to them. Its not always the products that they make but the service they are willing to provide going beyond the possible known limits just to make a customer happy.

Earlier there were such incidents with Steve Jobs. For instance, A man returned his used iPad with a label which said - "Wife Says No" . This incident went upto the higher managemnet level and was finally brought to Steve Job. Steve jobs, sent a box to the same man with a brand new iPad 2 in it and with a label which said - "Apple Says Yes"  


A similar incident happened with the current CEO Tim Cook. A reader from 9to5 Mac shares his story.

The reader was moved to Canada and wanted to use his iPhone 3GS which was on AT&T although the contract period was over. He wanted to use Canada's pay as you plan service. So when he contacted AT&T to unlock his iPhone 3GS saying that only Apple could do so. When the reader contacted Apple, he was advised to contact AT&T as only they have the access to unlock the iPhone. When he came back to AT&T the response he got from them was to go ahead and jailbreak the iPhone. Angry and frustrated with the response from AT&T, he decided to send an email to the CEO, Tim Cook.

Let's have a look at the email:

Hi Tim,

My family is immersed in the Apple brand. All 4 of my children (aged 2 to 8) have been using iPod touches, iPhones, iPads, and iMacs since they were a year old. Our television is a 27” iMac using eyeTV. My kids talk to their grandmother every second day via video Skype on the iMac. All of our computers are Macs (we have 4 in the house). Apple has touched every aspect of our lives and made it richer!

My company recently moved me to Canada for a work assignment for a few years. My wife’s iPhone 3GS had finished its contract with AT&T so I bought her an iPhone 4 the day we moved to Canada. I took her iPhone 3GS and I contacted AT&T to see if I could have it unlocked so that I could use the phone with a Canadian carrier with a “pay as you go” plan for casual use (I’m forced to use a Blackberry for work, but I hate it so I’d like to use the iPhone for phone calls). This is where my problems began.

Basically AT&T told me that they couldn’t unlock it, only Apple could. I called Apple (but was routed through Apple Canada) and they told me “ask to talk to a supervisor at AT&T because the customer service rep won’t know the process, but AT&T definitely can unlock it”. So I called them back and the supervisor was adamant that they couldn’t help me. “Just jailbreak your phone” was their advice.

I didn’t want to jailbreak my phone, I like Apple’s curated experience and I don’t want to stray from that. However after several more calls to both AT&T and Apple, I made no progress. So I’m turning to you for a final plea.

I love Apple and will continue to buy your products regardless of what happens with this situation. However, I did pay $600 some odd dollars for this device (even though I bought it on contact and they say its subsidized, I’m basically paying for the device in my monthly payments) and I’d like to be able to use it.




My thanks to the Apple team, keep innovating!

The reader never received any response to the above email from Cook but he did receive a response from AT&T informing him that they received an email from Cook requesting to unlock the iPhone. 9to5Mac confirmed the emails are authentic. After confirming the IMEI’s for the device, an AT&T representative told the reader that AT&T made an exception to unlock his iPhone. The reader was given instructions to connect his iPhone to iTunes to complete the unlock.

The reader claims that after his phone got unlocked, he received a call from Tim Cook's assistant to make sure AT&T completed his request:


Mid day my wife sent me an e-mail at work saying "Um, Tim Cook's special assistant                                                                                                just called and she wants to know if AT&T has unlocked your phone yet??? Why does Tim Cook care about your phone?"

Good to see that Tim Cook is continuing what Steve Jobs used to do.

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Apple Sold 3 Million iPads Sales Since March 16 Launch

Apple Recorded A New Milstone Selling 3 Million iPads, That's 18 iPads In A Minute Since Launch

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the new iPad broke records during a conference call today. However, Cook didn't give out any numbers. Apple claims that this is the most successful launch ever for the iPad.  Here is what Apple has to say about the new iPad sales:

CUPERTINO, California―March 19, 2012―Apple® today announced it has sold three million of its incredible new iPad®, since its launch on Friday, March 16. The new iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-core graphics, a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video, and still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light. iPad Wi-Fi + 4G supports ultrafast 4G LTE networks in the US and Canada, and fast networks around the world including those based on HSPA+ and DC-HSDPA.** 

Here is what SVP Philip Schiller has to say:

“The new iPad is a blockbuster with three million sold―the strongest iPad launch yet,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “Customers are loving the incredible new features of iPad, including the stunning Retina display, and we can't wait to get it into the hands of even more customers around the world this Friday.” 

Apple has also confirmed that the new iPad will be launched in more countries by 23 March. The countried include  Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. 

The new iPad is available in both WiFi and WiFi + 4G models.

Know the technical specifications of the The New iPad

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After the new iPad 3, iFixit tears down Apple TV 3rd Generation

iFixit Tears Down Apple TV 3rd Generation Revealing The Inside Secrets

Earlier this month we shared the images of Apple's new iPad getting the tear down treatment from iFixit. Today we are sharing the images of the new Apple TV which was released along with the new iPad 3 on 7th March by Tim Cook. The tear down reveals that the new A5X processor doesn't require cooling like its predecessor did.

Lets have a look at the images...

No thermal pad, which could mean that the new A5 processor doesn't get as hot as earlier model used to.

Thermal plate under the metal heat sink that sits just above the processor has a major role in cooling down the processor.

The power of Apple TV : A5 Signle Core Processor. Along with 512 mb RAM

Broadcomm BCM4330, the very same chip which is used in the new iPad. It appears that there are two antennae. It is likely that Apple added a second antenna after receiving complaints regarding low signal.

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There are six parts in a very easy-to-dissemble case.

The Apple TV has a separate power supply, which is easy to get to and replace.

No glue, thermal paste holding things in place...

The logic board contains all the components, which means if something breaks, it could be expensive to replace.

Check the ifixit teardown for the new ipad

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Apple To Hold Conference Call On Monday To Discuss Its Plans For $100 Billion Cash Reserves

Apple To Discuss Its Plans For $100 Billion Cash Deposits Over Conference Call

Apple has issued a press release late yesterday that it will hold a conference call on Monday 9:00 AM to discuss the plans for company's approximately $100 Billion Cash Reserves and announce its final decision on how to spend that huge reserve. The announcement will be led by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer. Apple specifically notes that the call will be focused on Apple’s decision, not on the current quarter or topics besides the company’s cash reserves.

Lets have a look at Apple's growth chart. As of Q1 2012, Apple had cash reserves of $96.4 billion. Apple's growing cash reserves has made a lot of speculation in the market. Hence to discuss and announce its plans, Apple is having this conference where even you can join to listen it live.

Conference Call : The dial-in number for press is (877) 616-0063 (toll-free) or (719) 219-0041. Please enter confirmation code 592016.

When : Monday, March 19, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. PDT/9:00 a.m. EDT

WEBCAST : Apple will provide live audio streaming of its conference call using Apple’s QuickTime® multimedia software. The live webcast will begin at 6:00 a.m. PDT on March 19, 2012 and will also be available for replay for approximately two weeks thereafter. The webcast is available on any iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch® or any Mac® or PC running QuickTime 6 or later.

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