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Apple CEO Tim Cook Meets With Coast Guard Admiral Karl Schultz at Apple Park
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Same things they share with you:
Air
Water
Sustenance
Earth
Sun
Solar system
Galaxy
Universe
Life
Love
Death
With the occasional rescues of people at sea etc. via Apple Watch's etc. perhaps that is what is going on here.
If the boss of my company suddenly decided to sit in studio for half the day every day I’d have some very serious questions about why he was there. He’s meant to be running the company not watching me design stuff (or even worse, “helping”).
Apple recently replaced Android/Samsung for Army deployment and development of the iPhone Tactical Assault Kit. They also have a military discount program. Lots of opportunity to partner with the armed services.
God forbid someone learns from someone else.
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He might have struggled because we live now in times where any kind of personal declaration, whether it be to name one’s favorite food to a sports team, opens a person up to intense scrutiny and criticism in social media and even the professional media.
He probably does have favorite artists but may be afraid to state who they are and have an entire narrative built around that, that might impact commentary on Apple Music. He’s also rather private for a public figure. So it doesn’t mean there’s not more to him, just that he is uncomfortable sharing that spontaneously with the public.
Hmm are we all REALLY sure Steve picked him or the board? Saying one thing doesn’t always mean that’s how it a go!
He's a career military officer... People like him usually don't care about flashy electronics, pop culture trends and all that. They just need something that tells the time so they're not late to morning briefings and are consequently chewed out by their CO.
Not to mention that if they're in a situation where **** is heavy (combat, rescue ops, etc), the last thing they want to be worried about when trying to navigate or know the time of day is whether their watch is charged or not
If you are worried about someone, grown or not, why wouldn't you reach out to someone they are close to who they would comfortably talk to? Who else should Steve have asked?
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Um, Steve personally and publicly had Tim stand in for him for long stretches while he dealt with liver cancer, so perhaps you should provide backing for your vulgar implications.
Steve Jobs did it for 14 years and I think that’s why the company came back from the brink of extinction.
Where do you have proof of Steve stating he had Tim back him? He’s already next in line as COO at that time. Moreover the board would’ve made such decisions since Steve was illl and would be working on appointments etc or just dealing with the pain n suffering. My implications are not vulgar in any sense so you’re reading into my post far too negatively or personally and not certain why lol. At any rate company’s already have a line of succession in place and readily decided upon by the board. Steve did not “have to” and may not have ... I’m saying is where is the facts vs common conjecture and verbatim posts that feature such.
So we're discrediting Tim now and calling him a droid over a lack of answer in music taste? Yeesh, talk about unfounded hate
Nice to see our armed forces doing business with an American company rather than a Korean one.
Don’t bring hate into this, because you are obviously reaching for something that’s not there.
Yes, because defeating fascism in the mid-20th century wasn't good for the world at all...
Why is this worthy of PRSI? I’ve never heard of anyone being overly critical of the Coast Guard.
If I had to guess this probably has something to do with geolocation using mobile devices, more likely Apple watches for geolocation in maritime emergencies, especially man overboard situations.
That said, wearable “personal location beacons” (PLB’s) that can activate manually or in man overboard situations already exist. They use GPS to get a location and use AIS (automatic identification system- the system used to broadcast ships locations) to send an alert to boats in the area. I believe AIS operates over VHF frequencies and has a range of about 20 miles, so I doubt they’ll be fitting that into a watch. I guess they’d have to work off of cellular. Alerting boats in the area directly might be a bit of an issue.
As dated as government agencies tend to be and as slow as they are to adopt new technology, the VHF radios found on even inexpensive boats these days are actually pretty impressive. You can directly call other boats, receive text-based messages, send GPS locations, put out an digital distress call that broadcasts the type of emergency, your GPS location, and your MMIS#- basically a unique ID tied to your boat so they know who you are and your boats details. It also helps prevent hoax distress calls that have been problematic.
I just find it fascinating you can do all of this on a boat’s marine radio yet still in 2019 you can call 911 on a cell phone and in many areas end up with the wrong area’s dispatcher then they will have no idea where you are
If I had to guess this probably has something to do with geolocation using mobile devices, more likely Apple watches for geolocation in maritime emergencies, especially man overboard situations.
That said, wearable “personal location beacons” (PLB’s) that can activate manually or in man overboard situations already exist. They use GPS to get a location and use AIS (automatic identification system- the system used to broadcast ships locations) to send an alert to boats in the area. I believe AIS operates over VHF frequencies and has a range of about 20 miles, so I doubt they’ll be fitting that into a watch. I guess they’d have to work off of cellular. Alerting boats in the area directly might be a bit of an issue.
As dated as government agencies tend to be and as slow as they are to adopt new technology, the VHF radios found on even inexpensive boats these days are actually pretty impressive. You can directly call other boats, receive text-based messages, send GPS locations, put out an digital distress call that broadcasts the type of emergency, your GPS location, and your MMIS#- basically a unique ID tied to your boat so they know who you are and your boats details. It also helps prevent hoax distress calls that have been problematic.
I just find it fascinating you can do all of this on a boat’s marine radio yet still in 2019 you can call 911 on a cell phone and in many areas end up with the wrong area’s dispatcher then they will have no idea where you are
“I wonder if I stand like this will he notice I’m not wearing an Apple Watch?”
“If he thinks he’ll stand there like that thinking I’ll give him an Apple Watch. He’ll be standing like that for a long time…”
Really? They both manage and lead huge organizations. That’s the most obvious similarity.
Working in management does not define a company’s success. Last I checked, it’s hiring smart people. Companies like Microsoft, IBM, Apple, Facebook have management, but we have seen how it doesn’t necessarily mean success. Facebook certainly has not benefited from management considering how many have left over its privacy issues. Even the stock market realized this, when Jony Ive left, the company lost 9 billion dollars in value because of 1 person. Could management turn that around?
Because they know at the end of the if you don’t have a single person to say yes, all management does is keep seats warm. Steve Jobs himself said this, at the end of the day, the final decision falls at his feet good or bad.
This is why the rumors of Apple now becoming a operations company is such a concern. But, I noticed post Air Pod users like you have become more bandwagonist to the company because of its trendy logo rather that looking at what made this company successful in the first place. Steve always said - they operate like a startup and built products they loved. Like Management filled with a bunch of MBA’s is gonna have a clue about design and user experience.