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Sunday, 6 October 2013

Tim Cook reflects on second anniversary of Steve Jobs' death

Apple CEO Tim Cook used the eve of
second anniversary of Steve Jobs'
death to write an email to all Apple
employees, reflecting on the moment.
Cook told employees that Steve would
be "proud of all of you" and everyone
should honour Jobs' memory by
"dedicating ourselves to the work he
loved so much." Here's the full copy of
the letter obtained by 9to5mac .

Team-
Tomorrow marks the second
anniversary of Steve's death. I
hope everyone will reflect on
what he meant to all of us and to
the world. Steve was an amazing
human being and left the world a
better place.I think of him often
and find enormous strength in
memories of his friendship, vision
and leadership. He left behind a
company that only he could have
built and his spirit will forever be
the foundation of Apple. We will
continue to honor his memory by
dedicating ourselves to the work
he loved so much. There is no
higher tribute to his memory. I
know that he would be proud of
all of you.
Best, Tim

In 2012, Apple remembered Steve Jobs
with a video tribute
and a message from Cook on its
homepage.
On Saturday, two years to the day
that Steve Jobs passed away, Cook took
to Twitter to share thoughts more
personal in nature, saying he would be
using the day to reflect back on his
friendship with Steve and the "dents"
Jobs made in the universe.

Second anniversary of Steve's
death. Going on a long hike today
and reflecting on his friendship
and all the dents he made in the
universe.
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October
5, 2013

The remark is an obvious reference to
one of Steve Jobs' iconic quotes, who
once said, "We're here to put a dent in
the universe. Otherwise why else even
be here?"

Saturday, 22 June 2013

WhatsApp is in the big leagues with 250M active users

WhatsApp's active user base could be a cause
for worry among some tech companies and
wireless carriers.
The messaging service announced Thursday
that it has more than 250 million active users
-- making it on par with Skype, Facebook
Messenger, and Twitter, according to The Wall
Street Journal.
Twitter's most recent numbers show more than
200 million monthly active users, while
Skype's are 280 million and Facebook
Messenger's aren't reported but its app is
ranked sixth in free apps in Google Play,
according to the Journal.
In the U.S., WhatsApp is ranked first in paid
apps in the iTunes Store and 31st in free apps
in the Google Play Store (the app costs 99
cents for iOS and is free on Android for the first
year, and then costs 99 cents). During the
AllThingsD mobile conference in April,
WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum hinted that the
service had surpassed Twitter's active users.
Besides having millions of users, WhatsApp is
also relaying billions of messages daily . The
service announced last week that it had
reached a new record of handling more than 27
billion messages in a 24-hour period. The
service's record before that was last December
when it handled 18 billion messages in one
day.
Wireless carriers make a big profit on text
messaging, and apps like WhatsApp are eating
into these earnings. Since WhatsApp offers a
free alternative to texting, users don't have to
pay for each message. According to a report
released in April by research firm Informa, text
messaging is on the decline due to chat
applications becoming users' preferred method
of communication.
However, Koum said during the AllThingsD
conference that carriers could easily turn
around and see his business as driving data
adoption. WhatsApp, Koum said, has
participated in a number of carrier partnerships
that further drive adoption and usage, including
local data deals in India and access to a
"roaming pass" with a partner in Hong Kong,
allowing users to travel elsewhere in Asia and
still use WhatsApp without extra fees.