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Apple's quest for love in the age of tablets

Tim Cook came prepared to dazzle the crowd of Apple employees, friends and journalists covering the iPad, iMac and Macbook product unveilings. Dressed in Apple casual, a long-sleeved, blue-grey polo shirt and dark slacks, Cook stalked the stage at the California Theater in San Jose and seemed to find a more animated voice for his remarks than at past events he hosted.

He gave special vocal emphasis to words like "billion," "amazing," "cool," "phenomenal," "absolutely incredible," and "thin," one of the major product themes of the day. … Read more

Apple by the numbers: 35B apps downloaded, 100M iPads sold

See CNET's full coverage of Apple's iPad Mini event

CEO Tim Cook kicked off today's iPad Mini event by offering up a range of big numbers and milestones. Below are some key numbers, and here is CNET's full coverage of the event.

Sales of new iPod Touch: More than 3 million.

iOS 6: 200 million devices running iOS 6 -- Cook says the fastest software adoption rate in history that he knows of.

iMessages sent: 300 billion; people sending 28,000 messages per second.

Apps downloads: 35 billion.

Game Center accounts: 16 million.

Shares iPhoto streams: … Read more

Waiting for Apple's next big thing

Steve Jobs would surely be pleased.

A year after his death, the company he co-founded and brought back from near-ruin is on a tear. With its top executive team still in place, Apple is set to close out its most profitable year ever. Its stock, now up 65 percent for the year, gives Apple a market value far more than Google's and Microsoft's combined. The iPhone 5 is selling at a record pace, and fans continue to line up and even camp out for a chance to be one of the first with a new Apple product.

Now … Read more

Apple in the post-Jobs era: Five hits and misses

This week marks the beginning of Apple's next financial year. It's also the first full calendar year of Apple without Steve Jobs. The technology icon passed away a year ago today.

Now's as good a time as any to take a quick look back at some of the highlights and lowlights for Apple at a time when onlookers are paying close attention to just about every detail -- something that certainly hasn't changed.

Hits

New iPhone breaks sales records Despite some finding Apple's annual iPhone update to be underwhelming, the device got off to a … Read more

Low Latency No. 39: Page-by-page directions

Low Latency is a weekly comic on CNET's Crave blog written by CNET editor and podcast host Jeff Bakalar and illustrated by Blake Stevenson. Be sure to check Crave every Thursday at 8 a.m. PT for new panels! Want more? Here's every Low Latency comic so far.

Apple's Tim Cook gifts new iPhone 5 to Mark Zuckerberg

Having nearly a billion friends has its perks, especially when one of them is Tim Cook sending you a free iPhone 5.

The Apple CEO sent Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg one of Apple's new handsets gratis, the Facebook chief executive told Matt Lauer of "The Today Show' in an interview. "It's a wonderful device," Zuckerberg told Lauer during an interview scheduled to run Thursday, steering the conversation more toward Facebook's mobile presence.

iPhone is a great platform. There are more people who use Facebook on Android -- because Android is just -- more people … Read more

The New Yorker's view from 9th Avenue -- via Apple Maps

The Apple Maps schadenfreude festival of hits just keeps coming. Mad Magazine is the latest to pile on Apple following the debacle over the half-baked maps in iOS now being mocked daily, along with CEO Tim Cook's public apology.

Mad also couldn't resist taking a shot at the venerable and oft-monocled New Yorker at the same time in this hilarious mockup of a cover of the magazine that imagines a view of the world as presented with the help of Apple Maps. … Read more

Apple CEO says sorry for iOS 6 map mess

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Apple CEO Tim Cook has said he was "extremely sorry" for the frustration felt by customers over the problems with iOS6 maps and vowed Apple will improve the new map program. In a statement, Cook said Apple fell short on its commitment to customers, and he suggests to use alternative apps in the meantime, like Bing, MapQuest and Waze.

The apology came as the iPhone 5 went on sale in 22 additional countries. It also went on sale at some regional U.S. carriers, including Cricket, which is offers it … Read more

Cook's 'Mapology' doesn't explain premature Maps launch

This morning, Tim Cook represented Apple in taking responsibility for the inauspicious beginning of Apple's new iOS 6 Maps. He said that "we," Apple, are "extremely sorry" for not "delivering the best experience possible" to customers. He offered alternatives, including Google Maps, so that customers wouldn't suffer as much while Apple is "working non-stop" to offer a Maps app that lives up to "an incredibly high standard."

He expresses an appropriate level of contrition and hope, going from speaking of extreme sorriness for inflicting Maps on the users … Read more

Apple CEO: We are 'extremely sorry' for Maps flap

Apple CEO Tim Cook took the most drastic step yet to address the growing furor over the company's beleaguered map application, saying he was "extremely sorry" for the frustration felt by customers and vowing to improve the program.

"With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this commitment," Cook said in a statement, which was first reported on by TechCrunch.

An apology from Apple is a rare thing, but the company has said sorry from time to time, including the "Antennagate" troubles two years ago with the iPhone … Read more