Is Apple becoming IBM?
Icahn has bought more than $4 billion in Apple stock since the summer, and had been aggressively pushing the company to buy back more stock and roll out new products at a faster clip.
On that front, Icahn also seemed to relent.
"Furthermore, in light of Tim Cook's confirmed plan to launch new products in new categories this year (in addition to an exciting product roadmap with respect to new products in existing categories), we are extremely excited about Apple's future.