Will Sinofsky’s departure slow down Windows 8 and Surface innovation?

"He was a very alienating character. He alienated partners, he alienated ISVs, he alienated other people at Microsoft, and left a trail of disenfranchised people,"

Skeuomorphic design (or, one reason we can be thankful Scott Forstall is gone)

I'm guessing most of us didn't have a clue what that was yesterday, but most of us have encountered it and wondered about it in Apple products.

Apple’s Scott Forstall lost his job after he refused to apologize for Maps, reports say

According to reports, Apple executive Scott Forstall, who oversaw Siri and Apple Maps, lost his job after refusing to sign an apology for the Maps fiasco.

Big Apple exec changes: iOS VP Forstall is leaving; Jony Ive and others step up

Big changes are afoot in Apple's executive roster: The company announced today that Scott Forstall (above), the vice president in charge of iOS, and head of retail John Browett are leaving the company.

Apple’s iOS head sold 95% (worth $38.7M) of his stock on Friday

Apple’s senior vice president for iOS Scott Forstall took advantage of Apple’s high stock price last Friday and sold 64,151 shares worth around $38.7 million.

The stock sale (PDF) relieved Forstall of around 95 percent of his Apple holdings, Fortune’s …

Holy smokes: Apple head Tim Cook earned $378M in 2011

Apple CEO Tim Cook took home an astonishing $378 million in 2011, according to Apple’s just-released 2012 proxy statement to shareholders.

Cook took over as CEO for Steve Jobs in August of last year. Jobs passed away about a month …

Apple video shows off the features of the iPhone 4S (video)

You’ve read the rumors, the liveblogs and the steady stream of excited tweets, now check out this video of Apple showing off the new iPhone 4S today.

Scott Forstall (pictured above), senior vice president of iPhone software, and other executives …

iOS 5 available for all iPhone users October 12 with over 200 new features

Update: iOS 5 is now available for download.

Apple announced today its latest mobile operating system update, iOS 5, will be available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch owners to download on October 12.

Today’s Apple event had …

It’s not the iPhone 5, but the iPhone 4S looks pretty amazing

Apple fans who expected an iPhone 5 today were disappointed.

Instead, all Apple unveiled was a phone that’s 2 times faster, with 7 times faster graphics rendering. It’s got a battery that’s good for a full day of talking, almost, …

Live at Apple’s iPhone 5/ iPhone 4S event

We’re here at Apple’s Cupertino campus for its latest iPhone unveiling. The keynote event, led by new Apple CEO Tim Cook, is scheduled to begin in a few minutes at 10am Pacific time.

Apple has unfortunately decided not to …