Katherine Adams Joins Apple as General Counsel & SVP

With the retirement of longtime general counsel Bruce Sewell —Apple today announced that Katherine Adams, formerly senior vice president and general counsel of Honeywell, will join Apple as general counsel and senior vice president of Legal and Global Security, reporting to CEO Tim Cook and serving on Apple’s executive team. 

The company also announced Bruce Sewell, who has served as Apple’s general counsel since 2009, will be retiring at the end of the year.

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Apple's WWDC keynote will be streamed live on June 5

The 2017 Apple World Wide Developer's Conference, which takes place on June 5 will be streamed live according to Apple's new Events Page. Apple is bringing the conference back to San Jose and is expected to unveil the latest software for iOS, macOS, WatchOS and various other ecosystems as well as the company's various services.

Apple is expected to preview or even announce some new hardware, possibly updates to the popular MacBook Air line. The event will be streamed in the Apple website and through the Apple TV. Canadian Reviewer will be live at the keynote and will report back with the latest from Apple. Stay tuned.

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Crop-Size offers powerful resizing, cropping and editing for iOS users

Independent developer, Alexey Khutorschikov released  Crop-Size 2.5.5, an important update to his popular photo editing solution for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. The app offers iOS users the ability to quickly and easily crop, resize, and edit any photos stored on their device or in iCloud. In addition to its comprehensive cropping and resizing tools, Crop-Size offers a number of filters and effects that can be applied to any photo or group of photos, and the combination of filters can be saved as part of a program to be applied to other photos.

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The Apple Beat: Tim Cook celebrates 5 years at the helm of Apple

Cook's commitment: "Apple has a culture of excellence that is, I think, so unique and so special. I'm not going to witness or permit the change of it.." - photo by Gadjo C. Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Tim Cook has been the face and leader of Apple Inc. for five years. After being endorsed by his predecessor, founder Steve Jobs, on August 24, 2011, Cook has been at the helm of Apple as it became the most valuable company in the world and has seen the launch of new product categories like the Apple Watch and updated Apple TV while overseeing the growth of Apple's various ecosystems and expansions.

To mark his 5-year anniversary, Cook gets a bonus of $100 million. Cook unlocked previously awarded stock bonuses adding up to US $100 million tied to both his length of tenure and Apple's performance under his leadership.

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