{"id":390098,"date":"2017-08-26T00:02:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T16:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/08\/25\/tim-cook-visits-capital-factory-austin\/"},"modified":"2017-08-26T00:02:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T16:02:34","slug":"apple-ceo-tim-cook-visits-capital-factory-tech-incubator-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apple-ceo-tim-cook-visits-capital-factory-tech-incubator-in-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits Capital Factory Tech Incubator in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple CEO Tim Cook has arrived in Austin, Texas, the latest destination on his mini trip around the United States the week.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Capital Factory<\/a><\/em><\/center>
Cook started his day by visiting the Capital Factory<\/a> tech accelerator and incubator in downtown Austin, where he met with local developers and entrepreneurs like Joah Spearman, the co-founder of local travel recommendation app Localeur, and Whitney Wolfe, the founder of popular dating app Bumble.<\/p>\n

Cook also announced that Austin Community College District will be one of more than 30 community college systems across the United States to adopt Apple’s “App Development with Swift” curriculum<\/a> in the 2017-2018 school year.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Alyssa Vidales\u200f<\/a>\/Austin American-Statesman<\/em><\/center>
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Austin mayor Steve Adler was in attendance, and Cook complimented him for his leadership and for having the same values as Apple about diversity, the environment, development, and many other areas.
\nCook visited the Cincinnati, Ohio<\/a> and Waukee, Iowa areas<\/a> yesterday, and it’s possible he may have a few more visits or announcements planned in Austin before heading back to Apple headquarters in California later today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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