Wow! According to BI yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook fired software
design boss Scott Forstall and gave Forstall's responsibilities to Jony Ive,
who was previously in charge of just hardware design.
The last person to be in charge of both hardware and software design at Apple was, of course, Steve Jobs...
Daring Fireball's Jon Gruber says this move answered the
biggest question facing Apple post-Jobs:
The big news today is about Jony Ive. I don’t think it can
be overstated just how big a deal it is that he now oversees all product
design; hardware and software...
For the last year, outside observers have been left to
wonder just where the buck stopped for UI design at post-Jobs Apple. That
question has now been answered: Jony Ive….
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