Email More Here is Apple’s new executive management team, down from a dozen to 10 executives in the wake of Scott Forstall and John Browett’s ousters. Apple Don’t Miss: Why Apple’s Mobile Leader Scott Forstall Is Out Recommended For You Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Follow Kevin Smith on Twitter. Tags: Apple, Executive,...
Apple’s iOS leader Scott Forstall is out, and one of the main reasons for his departure is Apple’s mapping software. When Apple released its own maps earlier this year it was widely ridiculed for being inaccurate and deficient. Forstall was in charge of the maps app. The maps were so bad that Tim Cook...
AP See Also Why Apple’s Mobile Leader Scott Forstall Is Out REPORT: Scott Forstall Refused To Apologize For The Apple Maps Mess Apple Has Wiped Scott Forstall And John Browett Off Its Website 9to5Mac, an Apple news website, got a copy of Apple CEO Tim Cook’s email to employees about the dramatic ouster of...
In what was the biggest Apple boardroom announcement since the announcement that Steve Jobs would be stepping down from his position as CEO due to ill health, both Scott Forstall and John Browett are to leave the company. While Forstall (former SVP of iOS Software and responsible for Siri and Apple’s Maps) will remain at the...
It’s been another tough year for HTC; its Android smartphone line-up has performed well but the company has found itself playing catch-up to its rivals, namely Apple and Samsung. Nokia has its exclusive partnership with Microsoft, working to outfit its smartphone range with the latest Windows Phone features and settings. HTC, on the other...
Chinese search provider Baidu continued steady growth in profits in the third quarter, with a 49.7 percent jump in revenues year over year to $994.6 million, a 48.1 percent increase in profit year over year to $524.6 million and $1.37 in earnings per share for the period. “During the quarter, we worked to improve...
With the formal launch of Windows Phone 8 on Monday, Microsoft took pains to position its new smartphone operating system as a logical extension of the Windows environment into the phone. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that the new Windows Phones help connect the Windows ecosystem, which now includes Windows 8 PCs, tablets...
It’s a good pitch. It really is: “We are not for everybody. We’re for the individual,” intoned the video narrator at Monday’s Windows Phone 8 launch event. Microsoft is positioning its new mobile operating system as the only smartphone for people. Too bad Microsoft seems so out of touch with what people are actually...
There’s huge news coming out of Apple on Monday, as two top execs are leaving the company, including one, Scott Forstall, who some had viewed as a potential future CEO of Apple. Forstall will stay on as an advisor to CEO Tim Cook through the end of the year but then he’s gone, Apple...
East Coasters are apparently watching a lot of Netflix as they’re trying to wait out Hurricane Sandy. A Netflix spokesperson just sent us the following stat: “We currently see about 20% more streaming compared to last Monday. A lot of it is coming from the East Coast with New York City, Washington DC, Boston,...