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

The iPhone is finally available on China Mobile, the largest mobile carrier in the world with over 76o million subscribers. Apple CEO Tim Cook was on hand with China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua at the carrier’s headquarters store in Beijing at launch, according to Bloomberg. » Tim Cook and Xi Guohua at China Mobile iPhone Launch

China Mobile, the world’s largest carrier, is now selling the iPhone in China. Apple CEO Tim Cook participated in a media event with China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua in Beijing, where The Wall Street Journal reports that Cook discussed how “incredibly optimistic” he is about Apple’s new cooperation with the carrier. CNBC has also posted a video of an interview with Cook and Xi. » Tim Cook About New Partnership with China Mobile “Incredibly Optimistic”

Apple has replaced all products on Apple’s homepage with an image of Nelson Mandela, honoring the late South African president’s life a day after he passed at the age of 95. » Apple Remembers Nelson Mandela on Apple’s Website

Thinner, lighter, more powerful than ever before. And incredibly, excitingly new in so many ways. It deserves a new name. The new iPad is named: iPad Air. 

» The 5th Generation iPad: New Design, A7 processor and New Name

Apple has introduced the 2nd generation iPad mini. The one most requested feature to the iPad mini was a Retina display. So the new iPad mini has this high resolution screen with 2048×1536 pixels, same as the iPad air but at 7.9″.

» Apple Introduces 2nd Generation iPad mini

Eddy Cue introduced brand new versions of iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand for both iOS and Mac. He also showed all new redesigned iWork apps. Pages, Keynote and Numbers get a major update, especially on iOS. Here are just a few of the new features.

» All New Version of iLife & iWork For iOS and Mac