At the D11 conference last night Apple's CEO Tim Cook answered some questions and cleared up a few issues, though probably not the ones you want to hear about.
Some of the highlights are Cook noted Apple did not make an attempt to buy Waze, despite rumors the company was going to use it to fix the many issues of Apple Maps. Cook admitted that Apple Maps was a mistake, but also noted that it is greatly improved as it stands now.
He discussed that in the future, Apple would break the pattern they have held for so long by not opening themselves up to APIs. He didn't elaborate much on the topic, but according to TechCrunch he did say, "On the general topic of opening up APIs, I think you’ll see us open up more in the future."
Which leads us to the fact that he truly did not say much last night, a point many tech bloggers have been talking about.
Casey Chan of Gizmodo notes that Cook’s performance was standard and that we saw the same thing last year and we’re going to see it again next year.
Tom Krazit of CNN Money really took issue with the ‘nothingness’ of his interview because it points to the fact that Apple as a company hasn’t done anything remarkable, they way they usually do, in a very long time.
“For two straight years at the highest profile executive conference in the tech industry, Cook has been unable to talk about anything relatively new or exciting for Apple.”
Cook touched on some topics such as Google glasses, other wearable technologies and Apple TV, but there was no real indication that Apple has something really exciting and innovative up their sleeve. So while the CEO spoke for over an hour, did he really say anything worth hearing?
What was your interpretation of his interview?
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