Morgan Stanley: 24-36 million more Chinese iPhones in 2013 →

January 30th, 2012 · #apple #china #iphone #ship #unit #business #iphone #4 #4g #3g #3gs #4s #lte

Philip Elmer-DeWitt:

To put that in perspective, Apple sold 68.5 million iPhones worldwide in fiscal 2011, although with the launch of the iPhone 4S in October it sold more than half that many (37 million) in just one quarter.

Apple Names Arthur Levinson Chairman of the Board, Robert Iger, President & CEO of Disney, Joins Board →

November 23rd, 2011 · 46 notes · #apple #board #of #directors #arthur #levinson #robert #iger #steve #jobs

Wonderful move to add Iger to the board, after the bond Jobs and he shared. Levinson is experienced and has been with Apple for many years. It seems that matching creativity and experience in Jobs’ absence has become the norm at Apple - smart.

Katie Cotton, Apple Press Info:

Levinson is chairman of Genentech, Inc. and a member of the Roche Board of Directors. He joined Genentech as a research scientist in 1980, and served as Genentech’s Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 2009. He is also a director of Amyris, NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Levinson currently serves on the Board of Scientific Consultants of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Advisory Council for the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. He has authored or co-authored more than 80 scientific articles and has been a named inventor on 11 United States patents. In 2008, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Levinson received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Washington and earned a doctorate in Biochemical Sciences from Princeton University.

Iger is the steward of the world’s largest media company and some of the most respected and beloved brands around the globe. He has built on Disney’s rich history of unforgettable storytelling, with the acquisition of Pixar (2006) and Marvel (2009), two of the entertainment industry’s greatest storytellers. Always one to embrace new technology, Iger has made Disney an industry leader at the forefront of offering its creative content across new and multiple platforms. He is a member of the board of directors for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. He became a board member of the US-China Business Council in June 2011. In June 2010, President Barack Obama appointed him to the President’s Export Council, which advises the president on how to promote US exports, jobs and growth. He is also a member of the Partnership for a New American Economy, a coalition of mayors and business leaders from across the United States that support comprehensive immigration reform. Iger is a graduate of Ithaca College.

Steve Jobs Served as a Mentor for Mark Zuckerberg →

November 7th, 2011 · 81 notes · #steve #jobs #apple #mark #zuckerberg #facebook

Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times:

Facebook founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was moved that Apple’s Steve Jobs admired him for not “selling out.”  ”I know that’s one of the ways in which — in which we saw eye to eye on kind of what we were trying to do in the world,” Zuckerberg said in an hour-long interview with Charlie Rose airing Monday.  Zuckerberg also said Jobs coached him on how to build a management team that is “focused on building as high quality and good things as you are.”

Tim Cook Leaving his Mark on Apple →

November 1st, 2011 · #apple #tim #cook #steve #jobs #ceo

Steve Jobs made the company successful and launched Apple’s flagship products, will Tim Cook be the one to maintain that success?

Jessica Vascellaro, WSJ: 

In recent weeks, Mr. Cook has tended to administrative matters that never interested Mr. Jobs, such as promotions and corporate reporting structures, according to people familiar with the matter. The new chief executive, 50 years old, has also been more communicative with employees than his predecessor…

Steve Jobs' Last Days at Apple Spent on Next iPhone, not iPhone 4S →

October 15th, 2011 · 20 notes · #apple #steve #jobs #iphone #4 #4s #5 #6 #4g

Brooke Crothers, CNET:

The next-generation iPhone “was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design. For that reason…this product will establish the high water mark for iPhone volumes,” Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note this week. He expects the iPhone 5 to be a “cult classic” because of Jobs’ involvement.

Steve Jobs supposedly left his mark of approval on Apple’s product releases for the next four years. 

John Gruber, Daring Fireball: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot →

October 9th, 2011 · 19 notes · #apple #steve #jobs #family #values #death

John Gruber, Daring Fireball:

I like to think that in the run-up to his final keynote, Steve made time for a long, peaceful walk. Somewhere beautiful, where there are no footpaths and the grass grows thick. Hand-in-hand with his wife and family, the sun warm on their backs, smiles on their faces, love in their hearts, at peace with their fate. 

China Slams Apple for "Environmental Abuse" →

September 2nd, 2011 · 127 notes · #apple #china #foxconn #factory #environment #pollution

Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press for the San Francisco Chronicle:

In a report issued Wednesday, a group of nongovernmental organizations accused the technology giant of violating its own corporate responsibility standards by using suppliers it said its investigations found are violating the law and endangering public health by discharging heavy metals and other toxins.

Apple in Secret Battle with Product Counterfeiters, WikiLeaks Says →

August 29th, 2011 · 11 notes · #apple #china #beijing #product #counterfeit #fake #iphone #ipad #mac

Cables obtained by WikiLeaks have revealed information regarding the hiring of a former FBI agent to head Apple’s security team, focused on cracking down on product-fakes, specifically in China.

Mark Millan:

Members of Apple’s recently formed global security team were recruited from Pfizer after they executed a series of crackdowns on counterfeit Viagra production in Asia, the report says.

John Theriault, formerly Pfizer’s security chief and, before that, a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, leads Apple’s global security unit. Don Shruhan, who worked for Therigult at Pfizer, is now a director on Apple’s security team in Hong Kong.

Shruhan told the Beijing embassy official that his group at Pfizer spent five years planning raids on counterfeit drug rings, the cable says. He said he’s “afraid” of the volume of imitation Apple products being produced in China and about the inexperience of Apple’s lawyers in dealing with Chinese authorities, the report says.

Interview with Steve Jobs' Biological Father, Abdul Fattah “John” Jandali of Syria →

August 29th, 2011 · 54 notes · #apple #steve #jobs #biological #father #ceo #syrica #america

A very brave and responsible man.

Mohannad Al-Haj Ali:

“Next March I’ll be in my eighties, but to look at me you’d think I was only in my sixties because I’ve taken care of myself, looked after my health, and I love work. I think retirement is the worst of western societies’ institutions. When people retire they become detached, grow old and stop looking after themselves. Enthusiasm for life dies out and energy levels drop, and they effectively kill themselves, even though they’re still alive. I’m not planning to retire even if I leave my position here after a year or two. I’ll dedicate myself to writing, I might write a book or two. My daughter is a very successful novelist with five books, and I plan to move on from my work, and I’m thinking of writing about the Arab World, perhaps a historical narrative with analysis for the future.”