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Tim Cook Live on Stage at D11: All Things Digital Tonight

canman4PM said:
I don't get the whining about the requirement to have an apple product to watch the broadcast. If you don't have an apple product, why do you care?

If you don't have an Apple product and are just looking to see what's going on and what you might expect from your own provider (and lets face it, they all copy each other at least a little bit and I think Apple's as guilty as the rest), you'll soon get all the news between this and a thousand other websites and forums that follow the tech world.

If you don't have an Apple product and you're just looking to find out what Apple's up to so that you can bash them to make yourself feel superior (through a product you didn't make, just bought), you have deeper issues than your ability to watch the broadcast.
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You ever thought that Apple would like to expand their user base outside of current Apple users?

It's shortsighted and unacceptable in 2013.
 
oLNutjob said:
bash Windoze Surface do-jiggies.

Full OS on a tablet, detachable keyboard, w/SD card slot for storage. (Not everyone likes, nor trusts the cloud.....it would get us old farts back in the loop.)
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Unlikely to never. Apple doesn't view the tablet as a computer, only flat like Microsoft does. Which is why, despite being able to do this, they haven't.
 
appleguy123 said:
Tim is probably a great CEO, but he has the most annoying voice and is so professional that he's difficult to listen to.
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This is one of the reasons why I think Cook hasn't had any groundbreaking deals like the iTunes or iPhone deals that Jobs was able to negotiate. He's not intimidating or very engaging, at least in his public appearances. If he's the one spearheading the negotiations for iRadio and AppleTV, I can see why nothing much has come of it yet while Google and other seems to be making headway.
 
M-O said:
you think WWDC will bring product launches?
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Yes.

Some are saying Macbook Air.

Not sure if I'd be buying anything, but its always fun when they launch something. The Apple Television set, that I would probably buy. Or the wrist-device, if it makes sense.
 
I like Tim Cook and look forward to watching this.

However, I do not expect him to do any sneak peak reveals like when Steve Jobs pulled an iPhone out of his pocket.
 
Sedrick said:
Another PR event. Does anything new ever come out of these?
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Nope.

I don't quite understand why anyone watches these interviews. Apple tries to be secretive. Everyone knows this. Why bother asking the man about abstract topics that mean nothing or specific ones he can't answer?

To everyone that's saying Tim Cook is a great CEO: So what?

Apple became legendary because the man in charge had the vision and drive to create great things. CEO was just a title for Jobs, it wasn't a true representation of his function or importance.

Cook may be a "great" CEO but that's not what made Apple great. Apple's not "doomed" but it will never be the same.
 
ProVideo said:
This is one of the reasons why I think Cook hasn't had any groundbreaking deals like the iTunes or iPhone deals that Jobs was able to negotiate. He's not intimidating or very engaging, at least in his public appearances. If he's the one spearheading the negotiations for iRadio and AppleTV, I can see why nothing much has come of it yet while Google and other seems to be making headway.
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He may also be less of a pain in the arse to deal with. Not necessarily a bad thing.

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4TheLoveOfTech said:
I'd imagine stock holders would like Apple events streamed to non Apple customers?
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I was being sarcastic. We all bought our first Apple products some time ago. We probably didn't see a keynote type presentation of any kind prior to said purchase. Of the 11 people in my office, one doesn't have a cell. 2 have Androids and 8 have iPhones. None have ever watched an Apple presentation, except me and I never watch them live. I'm usually at work, working when they're on. My 3 step-kids all have iPhones and 2 have iPads and they've never watched an Apple presentation either.

I think Apple will still sell tons of product to both current and new users this year, don't you worry.
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Nimrad said:
I didn't quite get that, but if you're talking about the companies bashing each other then history repeats itself. The smaller guys bash the big guys. Apple did it with IBM and Microsoft and now Microsoft and Samsung does it with Apple.
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Hmm...I wasn't aware Samsung was one of the smaller guys.

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ProVideo said:
This is one of the reasons why I think Cook hasn't had any groundbreaking deals like the iTunes or iPhone deals that Jobs was able to negotiate. He's not intimidating or very engaging, at least in his public appearances. If he's the one spearheading the negotiations for iRadio and AppleTV, I can see why nothing much has come of it yet while Google and other seems to be making headway.
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I thought Eddy Cur was their deals guy.
 
- Apple is going to quadruple down on product secrecy, TV is our hobby, expect the Vimeo and Flickr integration in iOS 7 and improvements to Siri. And we're working on some insanely, insanely great products.
- Thanks, Tim.
- Bye.
 
kappaz said:
"Cook participated in the event for the first time last year with a 100-minute interview with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher"

Why in the hell do they keep bringing Kara back? She is beyond horrible and it's painful to listen to her idiotic questions and comments.
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Isn't she one of the founders of All things digital?

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4TheLoveOfTech said:
"Streaming video requires Safari 4 or later on Mac OS X v10.6 or later; Safari on iOS 4.2 or later; or QuickTime 7 on Windows. Streaming via Apple TV requires second- or third-generation Apple TV with software 5.0.2 or later."

I work at a company that doesn't allow Safari or the archaic QuickTime.

This is common on most enterprise company networks.

It's a limited stream that most business people couldn't watch.
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Any reason why they do not allow safari specifically?
 
Boris-VTR said:
Any reason why they do not allow safari specifically?
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All computers are preloaded with only corporate approved software dependent on the department/level you're in. Any software updates or new required software goes through corporate IT and is installed remotely.

All computers are Win 7 with IE 10. No exceptions. Users don't have admin rights to install any software on the computers.

Servers range from 2003 to test 2012 that I know of.

Any employees that are authorized for a cell phone can get any phone they want and the company reimburses us $75 US/month and the only support is for Microsoft mail exchange.
 
4TheLoveOfTech said:
That was a live stream to Mac only audience and didn't include PC's or any other non Apple device. It was for the iPad Mini and why stream only to Apple customers?

It's weak and unacceptable in 2013.

"According to Apple's events page, the livestream is only available on iPhones, iPads, Apple TV, and Apple's Safari browser, which comes installed on Macs but not PCs. So it seems Windows and Android users will be left to read the live-blogs if they want to be among the first to hear about the new devices."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/10/23/apple_livestream_ipad_mini_launch_video_shuts_out_windows_android_users.html
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No Apple isn't a cult.
 
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