In honor of today’s thirtieth anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh, Apple CEO Tim Cook and executives Craig Federighi and Bud Tribble recently sat down for an interview with ABC News. ABC’s David Muir introduced a short preview of the interview, which airs in full tonight. You can check out the preview after the break. » Tim Cook Discusses Apple in ABC News Interview
In an in-depth interview with Charlie Rose, Apple’s Jony Ive and design superstar Marc Newson riff on what makes good design so challenging and why they chose the items they did which are up for bid in the pair’s (RED) charity auction. Check out the 39 minute video after the break. » Interview With Charlie Rose, Jony Ive and Marc Newson
The movie JOBS is set for wide release on August 16 and Ashton Kutcher (who plays Steve Jobs in the movie) is now beginning to hit the publicity circuit to talk about the film. Last night he appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and discussed how he missed a chance to meet Steve Jobs six months before Jobs’ death and his decision to play Jobs. » Ashton Kutcher Talks More About Playing The Role Of Steve Jobs
In the video after the break you can view Apple CEO Tim Cook’s interview with AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. The 81-minute video contains the full interview in addition to the Q&A session that followed. » Full Video of Tim Cook’s D11 Interview
Bill Gates “the founder of Microsoft” was interviewed by Charlie Rose on this week’s edition of 60 minutes, in the interview he talks about his relationship with Steve Jobs and their final conversation before Jobs passed away in 2011.
Gates grew emotional as he recalled visiting Jobs just before his death. The billionaire welled up as he described their last conversation, which he described as “forward-looking.”
“He showed me the boat he was working on,” said Gates, “and talked about how he’s looking forward to being on it, even though we both knew there was a good chance that wouldn’t happen.”
After the break you find a “60 Minutes Overtime” follow-up interview of Charlie Rose talking about Gates and Jobs, interspersed with Jobs-related clips from the Gates interview. You can also watch the full segment of Rose interviewing Gates is also available. » Emotional Bill Gates Talks About Steve Jobs on “60 Minutes”
Next week, Tim Cook will be the center of a feature on NBC’s Rock Center news show where Brian Williams will have the first major interview with Apple’s CEO. In this brief preview, Williams notes that Tim Cook was able to walk around Grand Central Station unrecognized until he got to the Apple Store there. Not much is known about Tim Cook, so it will be interesting to see his first major interview that will air on NBC next Thursday night, December 6.
AllThingsD has posted highlights from Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher’s interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook from yesterday. In the 17-minute video you can see Cook’s thoughts on a number of topics, including the impact of the iPad, Steve Jobs’ passing, patent litigation, and more.