Google’s Technology Ambassador thinks using Apple Maps might kill you
Michael T. Jones has a helluva fun job. He’s the Chief Technology Ambassador for Google, and as such, he not only gets to work for one of the coolest companies in the world, he also gets to cruise around the world and tell people why Google is so darn awesome.
When it comes to Apple, you would think that Michael Jones would [Read More...]
Continuing a new trend among senior executives, Apple’s general counsel has joined the Board of Directors at Vail Resorts, a ski resort company with locations in Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan and Wyoming. Bruce Sewell currently serves as Apple’s “general counsel and senior vice president of Legal and Government Affairs. Believe it or not, he worked as a professional ski patroller during his college years.
“In his role at Apple, Mr. Sewell oversees all legal matters, including [Read More...]
Longtime Apple executive Bob Mansfield just had a big pay day, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Mansfield just cashed in 35,000 shares of Apple stock valued at $ 582.21 per share, earning him $ 20.37 million.
After announcing his retirement but then staying on at Apple to lead the company’s mysterious new “Technologies” group, Mansfield now reports directly to CEO Tim Cook. He’s just as instrumental to the company’s success as [Read More...]
This week at Apple, two important executives just got picked off the tree, and on our newest CultCast, we’ll tell you what the departure of long time exec Scott Forstall and the just-hired John Browett means for iOS, OS X, Apple stores, and all the great Apple products you adore. Plus, Jony Ive’s about to get even more design control over all the Macs you love to own, but the question is, [Read More...]
Notice who *didn’t* sign this letter?
Scott Forstall, the head of iOS for the past several years, was asked to leave Apple today, a move The Wall Street Journal is reporting as due to his refusal to sign his name to the letter of apology for the incomplete feature set and poor performance of iOS 6′s new Maps app.
The journal cites “people familiar with the matter,” who report that both Forstall [Read More...]
iPad vs. Dell Streak Android tablet
Just a few short weeks ago, Michael Dell announced that his company should no longer be considered a consumer PC and device maker. Dell should now be considered an IT vendor with a focus on enterprise data center products, went the message. The company was going to get out of the device and peripheral business. What a difference a few weeks can make when [Read More...]
Apple VP of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller confirmed on his personal Twitter today that Apple will not live stream tomorrow’s iPad media event on its website. Certain press events were streamed live for the public in the past, but Apple has not offered a video or audio feed for its last couple events. Interestingly, this is the first time Phil Schiller has revealed company-related news on his Twitter [Read More...]
Facebook’s recent Initial Public Offering (IPO) filing helped surface some interesting information. It seems that the company has hired former Apple marketing executive Rebecca Van Dyck. She started working at Apple in January of 2007 and was involved in the marketing of the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Van Dyck served a similar role at Levi’s in the period after she left Apple as well. She was approached by AdAge last year and asked what she learned [Read More...]
On Friday, the tech world learned that Jon Rubinstein, a former Apple executive and the architect of the iPod, is leaving HP. Rubinstein, as we know, never actually went to work for HP but he ended up there through the company’s acquisition of Palm in 2010. “Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well, an HP spokeswoman confirmed to All Things D. “Rubinstein’s departure is no big surprise,” observed the article’s author Arik Hesseldahl. [Read More...]
While Apple has been actively seeking to improve the working conditions for employees at the Chinese factories manufacturing its products, a former executive for the Cupertino company believes it could do more. The trouble is, Apple’s infamous secrecy is getting in the way. “We’re trying really hard to make things better,” said one former Apple executive. “But most people would still be really disturbed if they saw where their iPhone comes [Read More...]
