I thought Phil is the one behind the decision of 16GB iPhone and 5400rpm HDD iMac... So Let's see what is going to happen to the App Store
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Jeff Williams Named Apple COO, Phil Schiller Takes Over App Store Leadership
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Phil seems like an odd choice for that. Frankly I'm surprised Eddy hasn't been straight up canned yet.
Now that Steve Ballmer is gone (but not forgotten!) Phil Schiller is doing his best to take up the mantle for most annoying and loud mouthed industry executive.
To return the money to shareholders (which they have been doing a lot lately) they would need to repatriate that overseas cash to the USA and pay punitive tax. Apple have tried to get the US government to look into the repatriation tax and make it more reasonable but so far no dice. It's not as if Apple aren't prepared to pay tax on that money but the current setup is crazy expensive and would leave Apple open to shareholders accusing them of not running the business properly.
Apple have actually been taking out loans in the USA to allow them to buy back stock using the foreign cash as collateral to get very low loan interest rates because that is more cost effective than paying repatriation tax.
The system is broken - Apple are just trying their best to run their business under the rules that are present.
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So we should put apple in a position to dictate what should be done. The government should bow down to this Empire? This is definitely looking at something from one side. I'm sure the answer isn't even in the middle of what you suggest.
I didn't suggest anyone should bow down to anyone else. Where did that come from? Middle of what I suggest? I didn't suggest anything. I think you need to calm down a bit and read what I actually said, not what you imagine I said...
All I'm saying is that Apple have given a lot of money back to shareholders via dividends and buy-backs and have even taken loans out to allow them to do that more than they could otherwise do. Repatriation tax rate is around 35% and there have been occasions in the past where the US government has given corporations a repatriation tax reduction to around 5% in order to attract back money from overseas for inward investment. This isn't just for Apple, this is for other big companies like Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Cisco etc.
Apple are not "dictating" anything, they are simply stating the obvious, that losing 35% of their (already taxed in some cases) cash just to move it from A to B makes no sense. If that was 5% or even 10-15% they might be more likely to do it. It is then up to the government to decide how to proceed by weighing pros and cons.
I'd say it's a demotion, at least internally. With the parade of big name Mac software companies leaving the App Store in protest, with the latest being Sketch, Tim couldn't ignore the problems anymore. It's obvious that Eddy either can't handle everything he's been given or just didn't care about certain segments under his purview. His role should be split up IMO, and Cloud Services especially should be given to someone with a technical background. Cue is great at making deals; let him focus on that.
The A9X chip has Intel and everyone else worried. I think it's safe to say that the fastest mobile processor currently shipping has the potential to put a few large chip designers out of business can be called "world-class".
You're showing incredible naivety. Intel are either worried or stupid and I don't think they're stupid.
Phil takes over App Store ? oh good.. Perhaps we may see some improvement in search..
When searching in iOS on the App store under your purchased section it only searches the selected category : "iphone apps" or "iPad apps" whichever is selected at the time...it doesn't search both.
When searching in iOS on the App store under your purchased section it only searches the selected category : "iphone apps" or "iPad apps" whichever is selected at the time...it doesn't search both.
If it were just internally a demotion, then there wouldn't be so many in this comment sphere speculating about it.
So I'm guessing it's really a promotion, bringing with it triple stock options, double salary, and five additional berths on the Apple Spaceship should it ever need to detach from the Earth in the event of a global catastrophe. It only APPEARS to be a demotion so the townspeople will lay down their torches and pitchforks.
Agreed. I still think Eddy Cue's org is a hodgepodge that needs to be cleaned up. Cook should have an SVP level overseeing all of Apple's cloud stuff. If chip design is important enough to be on its own then so is iCloud. And from Cue's bio it sounds like he still has pro apps like iWork under him. All of Apple's pro apps need more attention too.
How so?
If I was Intel, I would be worried. And if Intel was not worried, I would dump their stock in no time.
Intel should be worried, otherwise the same way Blackberry wasnt worried, they will end up in the can.
Intel has already missed the mobile market and have been carefully following Apples guidance with respect to what they focus on.
No. He can barely run the iOS division and you want him in charge of the entire company? He seems like a good guy but the performance quality of iOS dropped dramatically since he took over those responsibilities from Scott Forstall.
App Store is all marketing. It's just like a website selling something but in its own window. Websites and that type of stuff are run by the marketing department.
You NEVER let the database guys develop the application. You develop it and then tell them what you need from them. If you let database guys develop the App Store, it'd be something that would have nothing visual, would require command line to operate and it would never sell a thing.
So according to Apple's press release this new guy they hired who is reporting directly to Tim Cook will be responsible for:
"Apple’s advertising efforts and will lead an award-winning team that spans a broad range of creative disciplines from video, motion graphics and interactive web design to packaging and retail store displays."
Does that mean Schiller is no longer in charge of marketing? His title still says SVP Marketing. What's the difference between marketing and advertising?
"Apple’s advertising efforts and will lead an award-winning team that spans a broad range of creative disciplines from video, motion graphics and interactive web design to packaging and retail store displays."
Does that mean Schiller is no longer in charge of marketing? His title still says SVP Marketing. What's the difference between marketing and advertising?