Apple CEO Tim Cook in Davos for World Economic Forum, Does Education-Related Interview

[MacRumors]

Apple CEO Tim Cook is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week, meeting with world leaders, mingling with other CEOs of major companies, attending dinners, and doing interviews.

According to reports on Twitter, Cook met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and attended a dinner with Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and more.

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Cook also sat down for an education-focused interview with German site Bild, and while the original interview appears to be unavailable, Apple Must shared some details on what was discussed.

Cook's interview came on the day that Apple announced the translation of its Everyone Can Create curriculum to German, French, Spanish, and Italian on Apple Books, expanding its availability to additional countries.

According to Cook, Apple believes that "creativity is something everybody is born with," and "education is a great equalizer."

"People are not born with the same resources but many are born with incredible opportunities to learn and to move up and do incredible things in live." [..]

"I was born in a very rural lower middle class environment. I loved it and it's great for me but the thing that enabled me to do other things and to be at Apple today is education."

Cook says Apple's education-focused content like Everyone Can Code and Everyone Can Create is "for the people." "If it has an indirect effect on our business, that's fine," he said. "But frankly, this is from the heart."

Apple, Cook said, has created 1.5 million jobs across Europe with its iOS app economy, with the number of available app-related jobs growing each year. Cook believes that Apple's apps offer an "outstanding" educational opportunity, offering tools that can help kids learn faster when paired with great teachers.

Additional details about Cook's trip to Switzerland may come out over the course of the rest of the week, but thus far, it's not clear what else the CEO has done while in the country. The World Economic Forum lasts through Friday, January 25.

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[routine_analyst]

To be a little bird on the shoulders of those around that table and to hear about the wonderful pipelines they all have coming... full of courageous and innovative products.

 

[Raidersmojo]

To be a little bird on the shoulders of those around that table and to hear about the wonderful pipelines they all have coming... full of courageous and innovative products.

That didn't take long.

 

[The Clark]

Man I would feel so inferior in that room.

 

[jjhny]

I think he will talk about increasing the pay for AppleStore workers....

or maybe not.

 

[DNichter]

Haha the Mac die hards are gonna love this

 

[keysofanxiety]

Hey, anybody get tired of reading negative comments shoehorned into any thread which concerns Apple or its CEO?

Yeah, me neither.

 

[G5isAlive]

This is going to be a huge lightening rod for the vocal Tim sucks group here... have fun

 

[Rogifan]

How does Apple come up with that iOS app economy job figure?

 

[lunarworks]

Man I would feel so inferior in that room.

I wouldn't feel inferior. I'd just find it deeply unpleasant.

 

[AngerDanger]

To be a little bird on the shoulders of those around that table and to hear about the wonderful pipelines they all have coming... full of courageous and innovative products.

For those of you playing along at home, check off "pipeline" and "courage".

 

[thadoggfather]

Tim Cook is a diehard elite globalist, he’ll fit right in with George Soros who always attends and gives an Open Society Foundation speech

It’s One of Soros’ only ‘public’ ( I say public because still surrounded by elites) appearances

WEF is one big globalist party

 

[haiggy]

They're all there to discuss climate change, yet a record number of them flew in on their private jets... nice! Hypocrites, all of them.

 

[bladerunner2000]

To be a little bird on the shoulders of those around that table and to hear about the wonderful pipelines they all have coming... full of courageous and innovative products.

You'd be more likely to hear chortling over their wealth and market manipulation.

 

[SeattleMoose]

Cook lost me as a fan when he started supporting suppression of free speech via the Trojan Horse of "hate speech"....which literally could mean anything.
He was ok before he played his hand as a virtue signaling leftist. I wish CEOs would stay out of politics.

 

[dilbert99]

Apple, Cook said, has created 1.5 million jobs across Europe with its iOS app economy

I would love to see some real world figures to back this up.
I thought that people say that not that many developers on the App store make a decent amount. The bulk of the app store revenue goes to a few?

 

[Naraxus]

Of course he’s pimping iOS. Considering how much he’s destroyed what Apple was known for - quality Mac & Mac OSX products - this isn’t a big surprise....

 

[Mr. Dee]

Tim to Satya: Did you get your iPhone XS yet?

 

[gugy]

Interesting to see Cook with Bolsonaro (The Brazilian president) that has a history of bigotry towards LGBT folks.
Bolsonaro has awful rhetoric and is being compared to Trump many times and got the nickname of "Trump of the Tropics".
With that said, Brazil is in such dire straits in regards to the economy and violence that hopefully despite his rhetoric he can straighten things up. We can only hope since the PT party that was in power before Bolsonaro won, completely bankrupt the country due to corruption.

 

[Spizike9]

Wholeheartedly agree with Cook about education being imperative to success.


For those of you playing along at home, check off "pipeline" and "courage".

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Oh my gosh dude. Your posts never get old. Just when I thought you couldn’t top your animated posts, you come out with this. Lol. Keep them up.

 

[eatrains]

Tim Cook is a diehard elite globalist, he’ll fit right in with George Soros who always attends and gives an Open Society Foundation speech

It’s One of Soros’ only ‘public’ ( I say public because still surrounded by elites) appearances

WEF is one big globalist party

Is this satire?

 

[thadoggfather]

Is this satire?

What part was fiction? Have you spent even a moment to research what I’m talking about?

If not, why comment? If so, please see first question

 

[robjulo]

No idea if you are trying to be funny or sarcastic or serious.....but as a father of a 14 year old...Cook’s foray into education has been an abysmal failure. Schools are not using Apple products. They are highly expensive and they are extremely limited in their capability.

Wholeheartedly agree with Cook about education being imperative to success.


For those of you playing along at home, check off "pipeline" and "courage".

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[RickInHouston]

I hope he doesn't sit next to any Russians. Mueller will want to interview him.

 

[Icaras]

Do you think he's talking to them about the new redesigned iMac?