“World leaders are often measured by what they do in their first 100 days in office,” Mark Milian reports for CNN. “But what about business leaders?”
“As of Friday, it has been 100 days since Apple co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs passed the company torch to Tim Cook,” Milian reports. “After Cook took over, Jobs held the role of executive chairman but lost his long battle with cancer some six weeks later, on October 5. The day before Jobs died, Cook led a news conference to announce the iPhone 4S.”
Milian reports, “Analysts described the presentation as crisp but lacking the excitement of a Jobs production… Even without Jobs’ dramatic stage presence, the iPhone 4S became the fastest-selling phone over its launch weekend, selling 4 million units worldwide… Siri, which Apple describes as beta software, has experienced occasional outages since its October launch, but iCloud has fared much better than Apple’s previous endeavors into Internet services. About 20 million people activated their free iCloud accounts in its first week, Apple said. ITunes Match, a $25-a-year music synchronization service, was delayed by a few days but has received positive reviews.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]