How the Apple Maps fiasco paved the way for Jony Ive’s iOS 7

[Wireless News]

The most interesting tidbit from Reuters’lending devicenew profile of Apple CEO Tim Cook is about his response to the infamous iOS Maps fiasco and how it paved the way for a major review of Apple’s mobile operating system. According to Reuters‘ sources, Cook bypassed the advice of former iOS boss Scott Forstall when he issued a formal apology for the app and then decided that iOS as a whole needed to go in a new direction. Forstall was ousted from his post shortly afterwards and was replaced bylending deviceJony Ive, Apple’s longtime hardware design guru who would spend the next several months working to put his own unique stamp on Apple’s mobile platform. “The vision that Tim had to involve Jony and

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