Following the launch of the new iPhones, Apple CEO Tim Cook has now joined Twitter. His first tweet was about new iPhones going on sale in the US. Cook tweeted, “Visited Retail Stores in Palo Alto today. Seeing so many happy customers reminds us of why we do what we do.”
Apple’s new iPhone 5S, and the lower priced iPhone 5C went up on sale this week and thousands of iPhone fans queued up at Apple Stores around the world to grab the new models. Twitter has verified Cook's account, and one of @tim_cook's first followers was VP of marketing Phil Schiller. He even retweeted Cook’s first tweet. Soon he was followed by Senior VP Eddy Cue. In the last fourteen hours, the tweet has been retweeted over 6000 times, and Cook has also attracted over 1,50,000 followers.
Tim Cook joins Twitter
On the Twitter account, he identifies himself as “CEO Apple, Fan of Auburn football and Duke basketball" from Cupertino, California. Looks like Apple, which isn’t very active on social channels, is now gearing up for a social media presence. Or at least we will get to hear what Tim Cook has to say about Apple's future products. The company has also launched the Twitter account @iTuneswhile it unveiled its latest iOS 7 operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
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