Haunted empire
by Yukari Iwatani Kane · first published 2014
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Draws on more than two hundred interviews with current and former executives, business partners, Apple watchers, and others to present a look at the state of Apple two years after the death of Steve Jobs and offer clues to its future. "Former Wall Street Journal technology reporter Yukari Iwatani Kane delves deep inside Apple in the two years since Steve Jobs's death, revealing the tensions and challenges CEO Tim Cook and his team face as they try to sustain Jobs's vision and keep the company moving forward. Steve Jobs's death raised one of the most pressing questions in the tech and busine
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…where they're only in one industry - they have a ton of products across a spectrum of industries. source: http://www.statista.com/statistics/298704/samsung-quarterly-... Also, I just read the book "Haunted Empire" which detailed the Apple v. Samsung battle in pretty good detail, it's an excellent read: http://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Empire-Apple-After-Steve/dp/00...
on “Samsung to pay Apple $548M in patent dispute” ↗You should really read "Haunted Empire" that talks about Apple's struggles right after Jobs died. Right now we're seeing the end result of losing his vision of design. https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Empire-Apple-After-Steve/dp/0...
on “What the Heck Is Happening at Apple?” ↗Because it fits the narrative. Tim Cook is being cast as the operations guy that may be a good manager but isn't a transformative leader that Steve Jobs was. The title of her book is Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs. This is a book that could only be written 5-10 years from now, but who knows where Apple could be then. She's striking while the iron is hot; if Apple is irrelevant and no one…
on “The Job After Steve Jobs: Tim Cook and Apple” ↗