Sales of the Apple Watch have fallen by 71pc, with the company claiming a shrinking share of the market for wearable technology. Apple sold 1.1m of the devices in the third quarter of the year, down from 3.9m a year ago, according to research company IDC. Tim Cook, the company’s chief executive, countered that the Apple Watch is set for its highest-ever sales in the current quarter, following the release of a new model in September. He said that sales to consumers had been at record levels in the first week of October, and that growth was “off the charts”. The Apple Watch, the company’s first new product launched under Mr Cook’s leadership, has had muted sales since it was first released last year. IDC said the decline in sales was down to “an aging lineup and an unintuitive user interface”, as well as the wait for a new model holding back consumers. In September, Mr Cook unveiled the “Series 2” version of the device, which is … [Read more...] about Tim Cook claims record demand for Apple Watch after research shows 71pc decline
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Axl Rose: Tim Cook ‘the Donald Trump of the Music Industry’
Guns N’ Roses co-founder and frontman Axl Rose took to Twitter this week a blasted Apple CEO Tim Cook, comparing him in a negative light to President Donald Trump. “Tim Cook is the Donald Trump of the music industry,” Rose wrote on Tuesday night, an apparent reference to Apple Music, which Cook isn’t the head of.While the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer didn’t explain the reasoning for his tweet, Rose’s anti-Trump invective is hardly new. Last week Axl Rose called the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thomas D. Homan a Nazi.“Where’s that ICE Nazi Homan when u need him?!” Rose tweeted. A month after Trump won the presidential election, Rose and his band led fans at their Mexico City concert on stage to beat a giant piñata bearing the likeness of then-President-elect Trump. “Let’s bring in some people, and give them a fucking stick,” Rose shouted. “I … [Read more...] about Axl Rose: Tim Cook ‘the Donald Trump of the Music Industry’
Axl Rose Slashes Apple CEO Tim Cook as ‘The Donald Trump of the Music Industry’
That's not a compliment Tony Maglio, provided by Published 6:48 am, Thursday, March 8, 2018 Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Axl Rose Slashes Apple CEO Tim Cook as ‘The Donald Trump of the Music Industry’ 1 / 1 Back to Gallery You know where you are, Tim Cook? No, not Silicon Valley — you’re in Axl Rose’s jungle, baby. The Guns N’ Roses frontman does not like iTunes or the man now responsible for it, and he just obliterated the Apple CEO using only 10 words. “Tim Cook is the Donald Trump of the music industry,” the rocker tweeted late last night. Also Read: Jimmy Kimmel Wants to Mediate Dispute Between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels on His Show (Video) That’s not a compliment — check Rose’s Twitter feed to see what else he thinks of the current White House administration. A number of them are not exactly appropriate for us to republish. Latest … [Read more...] about Axl Rose Slashes Apple CEO Tim Cook as ‘The Donald Trump of the Music Industry’
Axl Rose called Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘the Donald Trump of the music industry’ (AAPL)
Shona Ghosh, provided by Published 4:11 am, Thursday, March 8, 2018 Ethan Miller/Getty Images Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose compared Apple CEO Tim Cook to Donald Trump in a single tweet. He gave no follow-up explanation. He really doesn't like the Trump administration. Recommended Video: Now Playing: The CBS This Morning anchor defends journalists. Media: JW Player Posting on Twitter, the singer wrote: "Tim Cook is the Donald Trump of the music industry." And that was it. It isn't clear why Rose made the comparison, though it is obviously not intended to be flattering. This is what he wrote about Trump's administration in January: "The [White House] is the current US gold standard of what can be considered disgraceful." Rose has been on Twitter since 2009, though his account only features 264 tweets. This appears to be the first time he's tweeted about anything related to Apple, and it isn't clear what he has against Cook. Guns N' Roses has never … [Read more...] about Axl Rose called Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘the Donald Trump of the music industry’ (AAPL)
Editorial: An open letter to Tim Cook; put the Apple in Appalachia
To: Tim Cook, Apple CEORe: Your new headquartersCongratulations. We saw your recent announcement that Apple intends to build a third “campus” in addition to your current ones in Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas. We also saw that you intend to invest $30 billion over the next five years — with $10 billion of that in new data centers. Your current ones are spread pretty much all over the country — Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Oregon with another one headed for Iowa.Whether it’s your new campus or your new data centers, we’d like to make the case for why at least some of your new operations should be here in the mountains of Virginia.Why should one of the world’s most important technology companies locate in such an unlikely place? Why shouldn’t you just take Amazon’s list of the 20 finalists for its much-ballyhooed second headquarters and work from there? After all, you already know what those places are willing to offer Amazon … [Read more...] about Editorial: An open letter to Tim Cook; put the Apple in Appalachia