seattle - apple inc . , maker of tablet computing and the iphone , reports projected next - quarter earnings wednesday after the closing bell . the following is a number of the developments related to that period . summary : in january , mac founder steve job addressed the issue of his increasingly gaunt appearance — times . he first confirmed it was complicated by an increasingly treatable hormone inequalities , and that he would remain at the helm . the previous week , staples , a cancer survivor , revealed the problems was more elaborate and said he would taking a hospital visa of indefinite until the opening of june . chief financial aide tim cook is running the company in his presence .
Steve Jobs is the creator of Apple.