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Changes for Apple
Hailey Hurowitz
10/30/12
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Changes for Apple
Hailey Hurowitz
10/30/12
Apple has changed its management team. with two of its top executives being asked to leave. Scott Forstall is responsible for the iOS software running iPhones and iPads, and is considered an heir-in-waiting to CEO Time Cook, he is the most prominent executive departing. He will though stick around as an advisor for the rest of this year, then leave the company.
The move was actually a surprise. Forstall was one of the top executives at Apple over the past decade, and his team's software fuels Apple's premiere devices. Forstall was also behind Apple's Maps software, a debacle that was widely mocked on social media. The debut of Maps was so disastrous that iCook issued a public apology for the app and recommended rival applications while Apple worked on improvements, including the Google Maps software that is replaced. Siri, the iPhone and iPad's electronic personal assistant, is also an incomplete product. The service is down a lot and doesn't really give good answers. A group of Apple executives will replace Forstall, each sharing some of his responsibilities. Eddy Cue, head of Apple's iTunes and iCloud services, will take over Siri and Maps. Mac OS chief Craig Federighi will take control of iOS, uniting Apple's two operating systems into one product group. And Jony Ive, Apple's head of hardware design, will be in charge of Apple's software look and feel going forward as well. Apple made a few other executive changes as well. As the company searches for an executive to replace Browett, Cook will oversee the retail unit.
link
http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/29/technology/apple-shakeup/index.html
The move was actually a surprise. Forstall was one of the top executives at Apple over the past decade, and his team's software fuels Apple's premiere devices. Forstall was also behind Apple's Maps software, a debacle that was widely mocked on social media. The debut of Maps was so disastrous that iCook issued a public apology for the app and recommended rival applications while Apple worked on improvements, including the Google Maps software that is replaced. Siri, the iPhone and iPad's electronic personal assistant, is also an incomplete product. The service is down a lot and doesn't really give good answers. A group of Apple executives will replace Forstall, each sharing some of his responsibilities. Eddy Cue, head of Apple's iTunes and iCloud services, will take over Siri and Maps. Mac OS chief Craig Federighi will take control of iOS, uniting Apple's two operating systems into one product group. And Jony Ive, Apple's head of hardware design, will be in charge of Apple's software look and feel going forward as well. Apple made a few other executive changes as well. As the company searches for an executive to replace Browett, Cook will oversee the retail unit.
link
http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/29/technology/apple-shakeup/index.html
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