Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with Sen. Orrin Hatch, lunches with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushne...
As President Donald Trump settles in at the White House, Apple chief Tim Cook this week visited Washington, D.C., to meet with Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and take a dinner with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner.
Details of Friday's closed-door meeting are unknown, but in a statement provided to USA Today, Hatch said he and Cook discussed a number of topics ranging from the wider tech industry to America's economy.
"During today's meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, we discussed ways to grow the economy and our tech industry, as well as his recent visit with me in Utah," the statement reads. "Given the issues I work on as chairman of the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force, it's especially useful to listen to innovators like Tim."
Hatch shared a photo of the meeting in a tweet earlier today.
Cook is no stranger to Washington and has in the past visited Hatch to talk patent reform, net neutrality, immigration and other hot button topics impacting Silicon Valley.
Most recently, Cook in October headlined Hatch's Utah Tech Tour, an event designed to spotlight the state's growing technology community. The Apple chief took part in a Q&A session in where audience members asked for advice on tech startups to the inevitable question about Apple's encryption row with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Though some state actors and agencies cast it in a negative light, encryption is "inherently great," Cook said at the time, adding that society would not thrive without these digital safeguards.
In a separate report, Politico says Cook and Apple VP of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson were seen eating dinner with Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. While Trump's daughter has no official cabinet role, Kushner was recently named a White House special advisor.
Compared to his predecessor, late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, Cook uses his position of power to actively push forward political initiatives. Most efforts revolve around Cook's passion for human rights and the environment, but Apple's actions during last year's DOJ imbroglio put the company front and center in an ongoing debate over encryption.
Most recently, Cook was among a cadre of tech leaders who took part in then President-elect Trump's Tech Summit last month. While the wider tech industry faces potential issues with a Trump presidency, Apple has been singled out for its position on encryption, reliance on overseas manufacturing and tax practices. Trump attacked Apple during his campaign, saying the company should bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., and called for a boycott on Apple products over its refusal to cooperate with law enforcement authorities.
Despite the harsh treatment, Cook showed up at Trump Tower in December. Explaining the decision to employees, Cook said it is better to engage government representatives on contentious issues, whether it be privacy and security, education or human rights.
"There's a large number of those issues, and the way that you advance them is to engage. Personally, I've never found being on the sideline a successful place to be," Cook said. "The way that you influence these issues is to be in the arena."
Details of Friday's closed-door meeting are unknown, but in a statement provided to USA Today, Hatch said he and Cook discussed a number of topics ranging from the wider tech industry to America's economy.
"During today's meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, we discussed ways to grow the economy and our tech industry, as well as his recent visit with me in Utah," the statement reads. "Given the issues I work on as chairman of the Senate Republican High-Tech Task Force, it's especially useful to listen to innovators like Tim."
Hatch shared a photo of the meeting in a tweet earlier today.
Cook is no stranger to Washington and has in the past visited Hatch to talk patent reform, net neutrality, immigration and other hot button topics impacting Silicon Valley.
Most recently, Cook in October headlined Hatch's Utah Tech Tour, an event designed to spotlight the state's growing technology community. The Apple chief took part in a Q&A session in where audience members asked for advice on tech startups to the inevitable question about Apple's encryption row with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Though some state actors and agencies cast it in a negative light, encryption is "inherently great," Cook said at the time, adding that society would not thrive without these digital safeguards.
In a separate report, Politico says Cook and Apple VP of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson were seen eating dinner with Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. While Trump's daughter has no official cabinet role, Kushner was recently named a White House special advisor.
Compared to his predecessor, late Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, Cook uses his position of power to actively push forward political initiatives. Most efforts revolve around Cook's passion for human rights and the environment, but Apple's actions during last year's DOJ imbroglio put the company front and center in an ongoing debate over encryption.
Most recently, Cook was among a cadre of tech leaders who took part in then President-elect Trump's Tech Summit last month. While the wider tech industry faces potential issues with a Trump presidency, Apple has been singled out for its position on encryption, reliance on overseas manufacturing and tax practices. Trump attacked Apple during his campaign, saying the company should bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S., and called for a boycott on Apple products over its refusal to cooperate with law enforcement authorities.
Despite the harsh treatment, Cook showed up at Trump Tower in December. Explaining the decision to employees, Cook said it is better to engage government representatives on contentious issues, whether it be privacy and security, education or human rights.
"There's a large number of those issues, and the way that you advance them is to engage. Personally, I've never found being on the sideline a successful place to be," Cook said. "The way that you influence these issues is to be in the arena."
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It totally sucks that SD got dropped, but it's completely inevitable and without it innovation would stop between the camera and the computer. Yes, people will use readers, but the next step is obviously to eliminate those too over time. Wireless sync is a clear next stage in this evolution. And I'd love to see a pro camera one day in the not too distant future sync with iCloud Photo Library.
Could someone answer me if it's possible now for a startup to develop an SD card which wirelessly syncs with iCloud Photo Library somehow? Even if through a Mac app middleman; though not ideally. A genuine question from me.
https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-04-20/what-links-global-internet-wires-inside-tubes-no-bigger-garden-hose
And I keep saying this but Apple should imo at any cost, buy Netflix. It's the one thing holding back Apple TV and new video content regardless of the genre of the doc should instead be handed to their Netflix team and handled by them.
And again, two years in rebrand Netflix to Apple TV and offer a special deal for customers who subscribe to both Apple TV & Apple Music; this would put Apple Music on the map. Apple could probably pay any amount for Netflix and eventually recoup the money. It'd put Apple TV at the front of the pack for living room devices and in my opinion it'd stay there. Everyone on the planet would want an Apple TV. Lower the price of the new box, release a very good first party gaming controller, up the processor a bit and boom, they'd own living room gaming to a great degree and the VR they are working on could be added to it over time.
And top the whole thing off by offering for a 3-year $49 per month contract to Apple TV with a 55" Apple branded flat screen with a high quality soundbar built in. Something like this. And for $59 per month there'd be an option to add in a family plan for Apple Music. For year four prices would drop back to $9.99 per month for ATV and $14.99 for AM family, or $19.99 for both—contract-free. The cherry on top could be they keep the puck around and how it works is any new puck can be physically slid into a slot somewhere on the television which upgrades its brains. Something clever like this. This feature really makes the TV appealing to many people. Or no slot but a service that's marketed alongside the TV introduction that will visit your home and upgrade your television to be on par with each new puck for a non-extortionate fee. TV upgrade service: $149 all-in. Or the best of both worlds. The TV upgrade service is done by the user and an envelope arrives at your home for $149 and inside is a hard case and inside that case is a tiny plastic device which is essentially that year's Apple TV puck SoC and the user removes one coin-screw cover on their TV and pops in the new chip: boom.
Netflix margins are 2%. Apple likes to be in high margin businesses.
Netflix margins are 2%. Content very expensive. Apple likes to be in high margin businesses.
"All she is is a photo op?" That sounds like old school misogyny of the worst kind, but you know, just in case it came out wrong... what the fuck are you talking about?