The macOS operating system — née Mac OS X — turned 20 years old on March 24th. Former Apple VP Scott Forstall used his Twitter account…
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Scott Forstall reveals how his interview with Steve Jobs went
On Wednesday, Scott Forstall, co-inventor of iPhone and iOS (and Tony-Award winning Broadway producer) joined Code.org co-founder Hadi Partovi…
Phil Schiller and Walt Mossberg recall the birth of Apple’s revolutionary iPad
We were sitting on the couch, and on the coffee table there was something covered in black cloth…
The iPhone Decade: How Apple’s revolutionary iPhone created and destroyed industries and changed the world
In the last 10 years, Apple has gone from a large computer company with a profitable side business in MP3 players to a $1 trillion+ megacorp with operations around the globe and 137,000 full-time employees…
How Apple’s revolutionary iPhone devastated the world’s happiest nation
This piece tackles the critical role Nokia once played in Finland’s economy and the devastating impact Apple’s iPhone had on both…
Scott Forstall discusses working with Steve Jobs, the creation of Apple TV, and more (with video)
Since departing Apple in 2012, Scott Forstall has shifted his focus primarily…
Waze celebrates annual ‘Tim Cook Day,’ attributes success to fubar launch of Apple Maps
The company attributes Waze’s widespread success to Apple and celebrates an annual ‘Tim Cook Day…
Apple’s CarPlay now lets you use Google Maps, but you’ll want to stick with the more reliable Apple Maps
You can now use Google Maps, Waze, or some other navigation app in CarPlay…
Pizza ovens, iPhone secrets, baseball bats, and Steve Jobs’ office: An oral history of Apple’s Infinite Loop
Infinite Loop was the place where Apple’s leaders and engineers pulled off a historic turnaround…
Tired of minimalism, this designer wants to resurrect skeuomorphism
You could argue that Apple’s Scott Forstall-era iPhone software gave digital skeuomorphic designs a bad name…
Apple is on a hiring spree to make Siri smarter
Apple appears to be focusing in a big way on Siri, evidenced by a major hiring spree…
Siri’s co-creator hits back at claims Siri was broken from launch
In the wake of a recent damning report, suggesting that Siri is broken…
Inside Apple’s 6-month race to make the first iPhone a reality
Everyone agreed that Steve Jobs’s iPhone demo back in January 2007 had been flawless…
How Apple’s iPhone was born: Inside stories of missteps and triumphs
Apple’s iPhone debuted for sale on June 29, 2007 after months…
Scott Forstall on skeuomorphic design
Last night’s Computer History Museum interview with Scott Forstall…
Scott Forstall: Apple started making iPad because Jobs ‘hated’ a Microsoft exec
The iPhone might never have existed if Apple co-founder Steve Jobs…
P1 vs. P2: How Apple picked what came to be the iPhone
To understand the iPhone today, and how it has shaped Apple and pushed the world forward…
Consumer Reports says do not buy Apple’s new MacBook Pro, citing erratic battery life
Apple launched a new series of MacBook Pro laptops this fall…
The operating system fountain of youth: Apple’s iOS
Operating Systems are like the Tax Code…
Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi open up about the Apple Maps embarrassment, learning from failure
What does it do to the development team, and to your plans, when something like Maps gets introduced and it’s derided immediately…
Maps debacle prompted Apple to release OS X and iOS public betas
One of the most underappreciated realities about Apple is that it has always been a company that learns on the fly….
Apple execs, former and current, including Phil Schiller and Scott Forstall, may testify in upcoming Samsung damages retrial
Current and former Apple executives, including Phil Schiller, Greg Joswiak and Scott Forstall, are all on the list…
TomTom extends Apple mapping agreement
TomTom has renewed and extended its global agreement with Apple…
Nokia wants Apple to buy its money-losing HERE maps business
Nokia Oyj, the Finnish company selling its money-losing maps business…
Apple’s former iOS chief Scott Forstall co-producing a Broadway musical
Less than 24 hours after a report surfaced revealing Scott Forstall…
Apple’s former iOS chief Scott Forstall is a Snapchat advisor
A leaked email from the Sony Pictures hack indicates Snapchat…
The Scott Forstall mystery
Mystery continues to surround Scott Forstall’s removal from Apple in October 2012…
Google reportedly plans flatter look for Android
Google’s engineers are considering a ‘flat’ version of Android…
At upcoming trial, Apple wants Samsung to pay $40 per device for five patents
I don’t merely disagree with Apple but am rather wondering whether it has lost its mind…
That was quick: Samsung appeals final judgment in first Apple v. Samsung patent case
There might have to be another retrial. Yes. Another retrial….
Phil Schiller likely to retake stand, Forstall a possibility in second Apple v. Samsung trial
Apple’s head of marketing will be called to the stands by Samsung…
Four things Tim Cook did that Steve Jobs would never have done
CEO of Apple, Inc., Tim Cook, is his own man…
The Apple Maps fiasco paved the way for Jony Ive’s iOS 7
Cook bypassed the advice of former iOS boss Scott Forstall…
‘Can’t innovate anymore, my ass’: Apple’s bravado clouds their real challenges
Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller…
Why Apple ditched its skeuomorphic design for iOS7
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Apple’s rising star: Craig Federighi
A new frontman for Apple Inc. is emerging…
WWDC 2013: Apple prepares to unveil the future of iOS, OS X, and more
There may be new Apple hardware…
Why this whole iOS ‘Flat Design’ thing is being blown out of proportion
I would expect Jony Ive’s taste to deeply influence…
Why Johnathan Ive won’t be removing skeuomorphism from iOS 7
When Jony Ive became responsible for user interface design as well as hardware design…
Google Play game services aims to integrate gaming across Android, iOS and the web; available today
Google Play game developers and players alike are getting a quartet…
Will Apple top Facebook’s $1 billion bid for Waze?
Facebook is in talks to buy Israeli crowdsourced traffic and navigation app, Waze…
Apple in deadline crunch mode for WWDC as Jony Ive’s team works on ‘deForstallization’ of iOS 7
iOS 7 is so significant a re-imagining of Apple’s mobile operating system that…
