Voices: So long, Steve
Apple CEO Steve Jobs gives the keynote address to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 6, 2011. (Photo: Paul Sakuma/AP) “I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would...
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(Photo: Photo: Elwood J. Blues/Wikimedia) You have to know that Tim Cook, Apple Inc.’s new CEO, will never win, competing with the ghost of founder Steve Jobs. He’s overseen two product launches since...
View ArticleAppleTV will feature expanded cable offerings
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – MARCH 07: Apple Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller talks about the new iPad during an Apple product launch event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on March 7, 2012 in...
View ArticleApple’s looming epic fail
Apple CEO Tim Cook (Photo: Glenn Chapman/AFP/Getty Images) If one more person quotes the Steve Jobs book at me, I might scream. By the end of last year, everybody who got Walter Isaacson’s tome for...
View ArticleAsk McArdle: How did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge start?
Bill Gates completing the Ice Bucket Challenge. But what are the trend’s origins? How did the ALS ice bucket challenge start? And should I take part? In keeping with McArdle family tradition, I was...
View ArticleApple should have known better than to force every iTunes user to download a...
Apple CEO Tim Cook with U2 on September 9, 2014, announcing a free download of the band’s latest album for all iTunes customers. The download turned out to be mandatory for many users. (Justin...
View ArticleDisruptive technology can ruin careers, even whole industries. Here’s why...
(Justin Sullivan/Getty) Ok, pop quiz. How many people did Apple put out of work this week, when the tech giant announced the Apple Watch and the Apple Pay point-of-sale technology built into the new...
View ArticleSlideshow: Legendary CEOs and how their successors fared
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View ArticleHow mobile carrier subsidies became Apple’s secret weapon
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils the sixth-generation iPhone. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) Apple announced some whopping first-quarter results on Tuesday, with $74 billion (U.S.) in revenue and $18 billion in...
View ArticleBeing boring is Apple’s latest, and most profitable, innovation
(Justin Sullivan/Getty) Apple’s US$18-billion first-quarter profit was an all-time record—not just for the company, but for any company. Ever. It sold a record 74.5 million iPhones, generated record...
View ArticleYou don’t have to wake up early to get ahead
(Illustration by Graham Roumieu) Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever, is a late riser. By the time he lumbers out of bed—6 a.m.—Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt have...
View ArticleApple TV, the company’s lonely dud, is on the verge of something big
Apple CEO Tim Cook announcing the updated Apple TV in San Francisco on March 9. (Xinhua/CP) On March 9, hundreds of journalists packed into the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for...
View ArticleWhy Indiana’s anti-gay law is bad for business
Outdoor market near Marienkapelle church in Würzburg, Germany. Commerce and religious freedom have always had a complex relationship. (Manfred Gottschalk/Getty) Indiana’s new Religious Freedom...
View ArticleWhy is Apple in trouble? Blame the software
(Photoillustration by Gerrit de Jonge) Jim Dalrymple is about as dedicated to Apple as it’s possible to be: He’s been enthusiastically covering the company as a journalist and blogger for 17 years,...
View Article“Hey Siri, can you make Apple exciting again?”
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiling the iPad Pro. (Stephen Lam/Getty) Apple unveiled a raft of new products at its annual post-Labour Day extravaganza on Wednesday, including new iPhones, iPads and a...
View ArticleApple set another sales record, but its stock is tanking. Here’s why
Apple CEO Tim Cook in September 2015. (Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty) Apple’s earnings this week were a classic case of good news, bad news. First, the good news: the company posted record first-quarter...
View ArticleNike founder Phil Knight on how to build an innovative culture
Nike chairman and co-founder Phil Knight. “Nike’s culture is young and irreverent and I’m neither. It comes from the people.” (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty) This interview originally appeared at...
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