Steve Jobs left his position as head of Apple

Although the true reasons are unknown for now, everything points to a worsening of his health.

Tim Cook, former director of operations, will be his replacement in the CEO position at Apple.

Steve Jobs remain with the company as chairman of the board.

The previous CEO of Apple , Steve Jobs , announced Wednesday his resignation as head of the company's U.S. technology, a position he will be replaced by Tim Cook , currently head of operations. In the statement, Jobs said would continue in the company has become one of the most influential planet as Chairman of the Board of Directors and already recommended to Tim Cook to replace him as CEO.

"I always said that if the day came that I could not cope with my responsibilities at the head of Apple as CEO, be the first to make it known," Jobs wrote in a letter to the board of the company and Apple community. "Unfortunately, that day has come," he added. Nevertheless, Jobs will remain in the company as chairman of the board.

Jobs was present at the keynote WWDC 2011 in San Francisco. This act marked his second public appearance since in January take an indefinite medical leave. It is unknown reasons that led Jobs to ask the medical leave. Jobs, who has pancreatic cancer survivors in 2004 and in 2009 underwent a liver transplant, has continued active since then in making business decisions . He went to a closed-door meeting with President Barack Obama in February and undertook to introduce the iPhone 2 in March . "I believe the brightest days and innovators from Apple yet to come , "said the letter," and look forward to watching and contributing to that success from a new position. " was photographed in February at the exit of the medical center for sick of cancer, "Stanford Cancer Center" located in Palo Alto, where he was treated the late actor Patrick Swayze, which was set off alarms about the possibility that the CEO suffers a new tumor. Jobs had to retire several months earlier 2009 to address what they called "hormonal imbalance" but later learned that he had undergone a liver transplant in April of that year, at a hospital in Tennessee.

In the first hours after the announcement of the resignation of Jobs, Apple shares fell more than 5% in operations, following the closure of Wall Street.

Tim Cook, the logical choice

"I recommend strongly that running your succession plan and named Tim Cook as CEO of Apple, "he said about the choice to replace him in office.

The board fully confident that Tim is the right person for the job

Cook until now COO of Apple, was the man appointed by Jobs at the forefront of daily operations during their absence since last January. The board immediately accepted the recommendation of Jobs. "The board fully confident that Tim is the right person to be our next CEO, "said Board Director, Art Levinson, in a statement to announce the appointment of Cook. "The 13 years of service from Tim at Apple have been marked by outstanding performance , and he has shown remarkable talent and a solid approach in everything he does, "Levinson said.

Apple will have its biggest store

Apple will have its biggest store in Grand Central Station New York

The store on Fifth Avenue this new location will a tough competitor as the most iconic Apple.

After lengthy negotiations, the Cupertino company has reached an agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York (MTA) to fill most of the main hall, the one that was immortalized by Hitchcock With North by Northwest , with a their Apple Store.

The Cupertino company pay more than triple the rent the restaurant that currently occupies this space, $ 800,000 a year will rise to over one million at the end of the contract. MTA think will win five million dollars in profits for when the lease ends. Apple will also pay extra to redesign the space to be occupied, 2140 meters square, reports the New York Post .

Apple now must submit a proposal to condition the premises under a commission from the city of New York, but when the Grand Central Terminal will be the largest of its premises, beating Convent Garden in London.

Apple removed the application that stored passwords iPhone

Apple has withdrawn Big Brother Security Camera App Store . This application allowed the phone to block off the screen and asked for a password to access the desktop again. However, its creator stored passwords for users (anonymously) to do a safety study.

Daniel Amitay, the developer behind this application, had published a blog entry in which he explained what the most common passwords on iPhone with data that was extracted from its application. These data, he asserted, were stored anonymously. The news reached the covers and left the proposed security and control of the online stores of Apple compromised.

Within 24 hours, the application has disappeared from the App Store. In Cupertino have rushed to withdraw this 'app' that demonstrates the vulnerability of its system for reviewing content , especially when it comes to an update of a program already approved.

"Of course I am unhappy," Amitay said in his blog, "but given the concerns that some people have expressed regarding the transmission of data from the 'app' to my server, is understandable."

Collection of secondary data and anonymous

In any case, Amitay also took the opportunity to explain exactly what data and how it was obtained. Passwords obtained, for example, were the application, not lock iPhone , which has a similar function. On the other hand, the only data that was sent was the password itself. That is, all that were sent were the four digits, so Amitay could not identify the user or device from which they came .

In addition, the developer is defended on the grounds that data collection is covered by the license agreement of the users , which specifies that the provider "may collect and use technical data and related information." This information includes "technical information on the device, system and application software provider (...) The application can use this information, if it is a way that does not identify the user, to improve its products or provide services and technologies. "

For now, Amitay has ensured he is working to make the application again. It also explains that he has no problem in removing the code that collects passwords if that's what caused the problem, but said he thought using the information to warn users not choose obvious passwords.

The most commonly used passwords

Despite the review process they undergo the applications, enter this code could Amitay Big Brother Security Camera. In fact, if I had not posted a blog entry on analyzing the most commonly used passwords, it is likely that Apple will never have known.

But what are these passwords? According to their analysis of 204,508 registered, the most common is '1234 ', used by 8884 people , followed by '0000 '(5246), '2580' (combination follows a straight line and use 4753 users), '1111 ' (3262), '5555 '(1,774) and '5683' (combination that would write 'love' in a traditional phone keypad and the device 1425 that protected his people).

Another interesting facts he discovered Amitay is that all numbers between 1980 and 2000 are among the 100 most used , so it is believed that many users use the password the year of birth or graduation.

With these data concluded that 15% of the passwords that are a series of ten 10,000 possible codes . That is, using these passwords could access one of every seven iPhones without their start in the deletion of data (which by default occurs after entering incorrect ten passwords).