Whoops! Apple scrambles days before launch

Steve jobs must be spinning in his grave.  According to the good folks at TheRegister, Apple posted job adverts for six iOS map engineers within the past ten days, perhaps preempting the storm of criticism over the controversial new map app in iOS 6.

Any effort to boost the software's team could be seen as too little, too late after fanbois and fangrrls across the world branded the new satnav-like service as rubbish. Apple had decided to replace Google's map app with its own program in the latest version of its mobile operating system, which was unleashed on the public this week.

Thanks to a tip-off from an eagle-eyed reader, The Register notes that Apple has hired 15 peeps into the maps team this year, starting on 5 July with a call for a "maps engineering project manager, iOS SW".

Since 11 September Apple has posted six job vacancies for iOS software engineers in the maps division - search for maps to uncover the listings…..

Read all about it at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/21/apple_hiring_ios_maps_engineers/