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Apple Announces Changes to Increase Collaboration Across Hardware, Software & Services — Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi Add Responsibilities to Their Roles — Apple® today announced executive management changes that will encourage even more collaboration between …
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| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
Inside Apple's major shakeup — What is really behind the biggest management shakeup at Apple since the Steve Jobs putsch that eliminated Gil Amelio in 1997? — FORTUNE — Tim Cook's honeymoon at Apple is over. — Apple's (AAPL) CEO announced the departure of mobile software chief Scott Forstall on Monday.| Jessica E. Lessin / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Software Chief Refused to Sign Maps Apology — Apple Inc. executive Scott Forstall was asked to leave the company after he refused to sign his name to a letter apologizing for shortcomings in Apple's new mapping service, according to people familiar with the matter.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Tim Cook emails employees; thanks Scott Forstall, says Bob Mansfield to stay on for two years — Following Apple's major executive-related news this afternoon, Apple CEO Tim Cook has emailed employees with information on the announced changes. Additionally, Cook has shed light on some new details …
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Forstall Out; Ive Up — Blockbuster executive leadership change at Apple; Scott Forstall has been shown the door. Here's the key paragraph: … Forstall has long been a polarizing executive within Apple. Remember this piece by Austin Carr for Fast Company six weeks ago …
| Ryan Block / gdgt: |
Senior VP of iOS Scott Forstall is out at Apple: why, and what it means. — Most people don't know Scott Forstall, but to those who do he's something of a demigod. If the future of mobile is software, and Apple is the company in pole position, then Forstall, Senior VP of iOS, is the guy driving and defining that future.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Apple's Scott Forstall to leave company in 2013, Browett out, Cue, Ive, Fedherighi take on new roles
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| Andy Rubin / The Official Google Blog: |
Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes — People increasingly have more than one device, and they switch between them many times a day. Nexus—Google's hardware line for Android devices—gets rid of the hassle. Just sign in with your Google Account and everything is there ready to go …
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| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
The Nexus 4: Google's flagship phone lands November 13th for $299 — An in-depth, hands-on preview of LG's new device for Google — Google's has officially announced the Nexus 4, the latest phone in its Nexus line of flagship Android devices. Built by LG, the phone features …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google's Wireless Charging Orb for Nexus 4 takes inspiration from Palm's Touchstone — One of the big features of the Nexus 4 is support for wireless charging, and so alongside the phone Google is releasing the aptly-named Wireless charging orb. Shaped like a sphere sliced crosswise … | Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
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Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 8 — Latest smartphones from Nokia, Samsung and HTC go on sale in November. — Microsoft Corp. today debuted Windows Phone 8, the latest version of the company's smartphone operating system. Windows Phone 8 offers a truly personal phone experience … | The Verge: |
Windows Phone 8 review — Microsoft's mobile platform gets hardware muscle and another lease on life — “This is Windows Phone. No, for real this time.” That's what I thought when I started hearing about Windows Phone 8 a few months ago. Just like Windows Phone 7 …
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| Jeff Sonderman / Poynter: |
Instagram users are posting 10 Hurricane Sandy pictures every second — Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom tells us via a spokeswoman: “There are now 10 pictures per second being posted with the hashtag #sandy — most are images of people prepping for the storm and images of scenes outdoors.”
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Android 4.2 adds gesture typing, wireless TV display, multiple user support on tablets, and more — Google adds some extra flavor to Jelly Bean — The new Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 aren't just new Android devices — they're showcases for a new version of Android.
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Microsoft Surface Teardown — We got our hands on Microsoft's new Surface, and to its credit, it lasted a good twenty minutes before we decided to tear it open. EditStep 1 — Microsoft Surface Teardown Is that the display assembly from a PC laptop? Nope, it's the new Microsoft Surface …
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Slow down: why Google's new Nexus 4 doesn't have LTE — Sometimes the only winning move is not to play — The Nexus 4 is an impressive smartphone that ticks off every modern spec checkbox you could ask for, save one: LTE. Instead, the Nexus 4 will only come unlocked with HSPA+ radios.| Ben Worthen / Wall Street Journal: |
H-P's New Printers: A Big Launch for the Battered Company — Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to unveil a new line of printers for businesses Tuesday, one of the first fruits of Chief Exeucutive Meg Whitman's efforts to invest more in research and development as she tries to turn around the struggling technology company.| Danah Boyd / Wired: |
Truth, Lies, and ‘Doxxing’: The Real Moral of the Gawker/Reddit Story — Sitting U.S. President Ford was visiting San Francisco in 1975 when a woman attempted to shoot him. A former marine named Oliver Sipple grabbed the gun, preventing the assassination attempt.
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