Rumors also said the company spent more than a year to study the feasibility of Apple Car, including meetings with two groups of government officials in California. “We do this because these are the right things to do”. Well, CEO Tim Cook made a comment to whet our appetite, teasing that the wait is similar to Christmas Eve.
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Amazon (AMZN, Tech30), Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30), Google (GOOGL, Tech30), Facebook (FB, Tech30) and other tech companies are expected to file letters to the court stating their support for Apple by next week. When asked about the vehicle project, Cook would only say that Apple is always interested in exploring new technologies and types of products.
“Obviously from a cost point of view the downside of some economic stress is that some asset prices get cheaper, commodity prices get cheaper, and that sort of thing”.
We also learned that Apple’s global employee count has reached 116,000, as Cook disclosed during the meeting.
The specific annual meeting proposal on diversity: “Shareholder proposal regarding diversity among our senior management and board of directors”: Apple’s board recommended shareholders vote “Against” it. Below is photo of Apple’s senior management. “Being hard doesn’t scare us”. In January, supposed “Apple Car” project lead Steve Zadesky informed colleagues that he would be leaving the company for personal reasons. “You weren’t sure what was going to be downstairs. It’s going to be Christmas Eve for awhile”.
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If Apple’s “failure to comply [with a judge’s order] means that there is additional information out there that has already contributed to other incidents or will in the future contribute to other incidents of terrorism or national security, I think Apple leadership risks having blood on their hands”, Jolly told Comey. Well, if such a project does exist, Cook is saying that it won’t be publicly revealed for a while.
