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How Will Tim Cook Lead Apple?

Apple’s new leader has been running the company is many ways for a long time. Just who is Tim Cook, and what does he bring to the role of CEO?

One of the first things Tim Cook did as Apple’s new CEO was to reassure the company’s employees that nothing was going to change now that his legendary predecessor, Steve Jobs, had resigned from active duty. This was, of course, true (though The Onion had a hilarious parallel-universe version of events that saw Cook moving printers to the center of Apple’s strategy). But even if the culture and focus of Apple doesn’t change, the man at the top has. Who is this man? And what kind of leader will he be for Apple?

A Beautifully Analytical Mind

A few years ago, Fortune profiled Cook, 50, as the most likely successor to Steve Jobs. He’s a tireless worker, a brilliant corporate strategist, and a fitness nut. It’s thanks mainly to Cook that Apple now has a tightly knit network of suppliers in Asia. One notable anecdote about Cook is that, as soon as he was tasked to fix Apple’s supply problems, he called a meeting with his top people. He realized 30 minutes in that the company needed someone in China, looked directly at one of the team members and asked, “Why are you still here?” That person, Sabih Khan, left the building and got on the first flight to China, with no return date.

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iPhone 5 or 4S? N94 Back Cover Pictured

Yes folks as that big day when the next generation iPhone is expected to hit the mobile space, more and more rumours hit the net waves and this time round that have another image of what is purportedly the iPhone 5 or possibly the iPhone 4S back cover albeit being a prototype.

According to the guys over at MacRumors the guys of MacPost somehow managed to get hold of the image that is a prototype part with the label EVT meaning “Engineering Verification Test” and is apparently dated the 7th of June this year.

The part caries the internal model number of N94, which has previously been associated with the up coming next generation iOS smartphone, however this particular image looks pretty much like the current iPhone 4 without any of the modifications that have been rumoured.

The rumours with the “N94” model is that the device has the same processor found in the Apple iPad 2, the A5, while the AT&T iPhone 4 is model number N90, the Verizon iPhone is model number N92 and both have an A4 processor.

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