Apple Music has lost millions of its users as early adopters, who were part of the 90 day free trial look for other free music streaming services. When Apple Music first launched, new users were able to sign up for a 90-day free subscription. Unsurprisingly though, millions of users flocked to the service.

Currently there’s an estimated 6.5 million paying subscribers and an estimated 8.5 million users still in a free trial. Whilst some users have retained their subscriptions other users who were early adopters have moved across to rival music subscription services such as Spotify, which already has 20 million paid music subscribers.

Cook isn’t too concerned about users leaving the service with the CEO happy with the current user numbers. “I’m really happy about it, and I think the runaway number here is really good.” Cook said in regards to the amount of users retaining the service at a Laguna Beach conference on Monday.

It will be interesting to see who wins in this tug-of-war battle between the two giant music streaming services, and it will most likely continue for a while to come. Continue reading this post ->

Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out an internal memo to Apple employees today stating that Jony Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design, has been promoted to a brand new role: Chief Design Officer. Originally obtained by 9to5Mac, Apple has also promoted Richard Howarth, who’s been on the iPhone team for a long time, as its new Vice President of Industrial Design in charge of hardware design.

Alan Dye, who has been the Human Interface Chief, has also received a promotion. Dye is now Apple’s Vice President of User Interface Design for both mobile and desktop user interface experiences. The Chief Design Officer was a role created specifically for Ive, according to Cook.

The full memo is available on 9to5Mac’s article. Continue reading this post ->

Earlier this week during Apple’s fiscal second quarter conference, Tim Cook said that the Apple Watch demand is much higher than supply, however, they are currently working on that.

“I think we’re in a good position,” Cook said. “And sometime in late June we currently anticipate being in a position where we could begin to sell the Apple Watch in additional countries. That’s our current plan.” Supply has been extremely limited since its pre-orders began on April 10th.

Some models began began delivering last week, though certain models (such as the Link Bracelet and Leather Loop), began with a 4 to 6 week shipping window and there’s no indication on when they’ll ship these models. Continue reading this post ->

On Thursday, TIME added Tim Cook to their annual “100 Most Influential People” list. Apple CEO joins other leaders, pioneers, and cultural icons such as rap artist Kanye West, Pope Francis, and Xiaomi founder Lei Jun. John Lewis, civil rights leader and Georgia Congressman, calls Cook a “courageous innovator” in his piece on TIME praising his work he’s done for Apple, and his strong commitment on fighting for equality and human rights.

It’s worth noting that he’s not the only Apple executive that made the list. Apple’s design chief Jony Ive also made TIME’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ list. Continue reading this post ->

Apple CEO Tim Cook took to Twitter this morning to honor the co-founder, Steve Jobs’, sixtieth birthday. Honoring his friend and mentor, Cook tweeted out a quote from Jobs’ emotional commencement address at Stanford University in 2005, in which he said “the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

Remembering Steve, who would have turned 60 today. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” pic.twitter.com/0YD0gZ7jvm

— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) February 24, 2015

Jobs was born on February 24th, 1955 and passed away on October 5th, 2011, the day the iPhone 4s was announced. Jobs fought years of a rare pancreatic cancer. Continue reading this post ->