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Tony Fadell claims Scott Forstall 'got what he deserved'

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 29th, 2012)

Former Apple employee Tony Fadell, known for his work on the iPod, talked to the BBC's Leo Kelion about his time at Apple and his current work at Nest. He also briefly discussed Scott Forstall and his clashes with the former iOS chief. Fadell didn't elaborate on his relationship with Forstall; ...

Daily Update for November 1, 2012

by Steven Sande (Nov 1st, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Apple's Bob Mansfield: influenced to stay by Scott Forstall's departure?

by Steven Sande (Nov 1st, 2012)

In the latest episode of the soap opera known as "Apple: As The Revolving Door Turns", we saw Senior Vice President of Technologies Bob Mansfield being persuaded somehow to stay on with the company for at least another two years while former iOS software VP Scott Forstall was quietly ushered out ...

Apple retail exec John Browett's departure not surprising

by Kelly Guimont (Oct 30th, 2012)

When the first wave of news was breaking about Apple and its executive shuffle, the initial focus was on Scott Forstall leaving even though that's not actually happening until 2013. According to the Wall Street Journal, both Forstall and John Browett, Apple's vice president of retail, were asked ...

Mapping Scott Forstall's departure from Apple

by Mike Wehner (Oct 29th, 2012)

When Apple announced earlier today that -- along with several executive leadership changes -- Senior Vice President of iOS Software Scott Forstall would be leaving the company in 2013, theories began to fly from every corner of the web. (Some on our team began to suspect changes afoot when ...

Daily Update for October 1, 2012

by Steven Sande (Oct 1st, 2012)

Daily Update for May 2, 2012

by Steven Sande (May 2nd, 2012)

Apple VP of iOS Scott Forstall cashes in $38.7 million of Apple shares

by Mike Schramm (May 2nd, 2012)

Tim Cook's salary came up in the news last month when he was awarded a million shares of Apple stock, and cashed out a few, in addition to his many other forms of compensation. And here's another Apple manager who's taking advantage of Apple's soaring stock price when he can. Vice President of ...

Daily Update for January 17, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 17th, 2012)

Inside Apple describes Scott Forstall as Apple's CEO-in-waiting

by Steven Sande (Jan 17th, 2012)

Apple CEO Tim Cook is an excellent business manager and responsible for much of the company's success in low-cost manufacturing and skinny inventories. But as we saw with Cook's first product announcement on October 4, he lacks a lot of the charisma that marked the Steve Jobs era. A new book is ...

Daily Update for October 13, 2011

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 13th, 2011)

Businessweek profiles Scott Forstall

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 13th, 2011)

Apple's iPhone 4S press event showcased the talents and personalities of Apple's executive leadership including CEO Tim Cook and Phil Schiller. One standout was vice-president Scott Forstall who, in the absence of Steve Jobs, is expected to take a bigger role at Apple. In a lengthy article, ...

Square's name, design influenced by a meeting at Apple

by Michael Grothaus (May 26th, 2011)

For a while now it's been known that the popular iPhone credit card payment system known as Square was originally known by a different name and had a very different look. The familiar white plastic square-shaped plug-in dongle was originally made of wood and shaped like an acorn (no joke) and ...

A look at Apple's "all-star" executives

by Dana Franklin (May 9th, 2011)

Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, Jony Ive, and Steve Jobs are big names at Apple. These top executives are known around the technology industry and around the world for their operational excellence, marketing know-how, design genius and powerful reality distortion fields. While these four men often get ...

Phil Schiller's Twitter account gets verified

by Mike Schramm (Nov 23rd, 2010)

Apple's Phil Schiller has joined Scott Forstall (though not Steve Jobs) over on Twitter -- he now has a verified account to tweet from, and is following a few celebrity and official company accounts so far. The account's actually been around for a while (Schiller tweeted from France while there and ...