Digital Content Next publishes letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook over App Store terms

A letter posted by a trade body shows, major news publishers seeking more favorable terms from Apple Inc on commissions it collects from them through its app store. The letter, addressing Apple’s CEO Tim Cook, was posted on the website of Digital Content Next (DCN) which represents the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times…

U.S. tariffs on China provide an edge to Samsung Electronics’ products

Here is why relocating Apple’s supply chain from China makes business sense. U.S. President Donald Trump disclosed he has had a discussion with Apple Inc’s Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on the impact of U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports as well as competition faced by Apple from South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Cook “made…

Trump meets Apple CEO Tim Cook ahead of imposing new trade tariffs on China

The new wave of tariffs which could go into effect from August 1, is likely to cover consumer electronics, including smartphones and tablets. With U.S. President Donald Trump deliberating whether to make good on his threat to impose tariffs on the remaining un-tariffed Chinese exports to the United States, Trump met Apple’s CEO Tim Cook…

Qualcomm nail down Apple’s misleading statement

Apple’s misleading statement is a pointer to a change in gameplan in its chip souring strategy. In a development that essentially pins down Apple CEO Tim Cook’s lie, Qualcomm Inc’s spokesperson made it bluntly clear that Cook’s comment that there was no recent settlement talks between the Apple and Qualcomm were “misleading.” “We have been…

Tim Cook extolls the virtues of tempering technology with compassion

Here is what Tim Cook told MIT graduates regarding AI & robotics. While addressing thousands of students at MIT’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO urged graduates to infuse human elements in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. “I’m not worried about artificial intelligence giving computers the ability to think like humans,”…