Dan Riccio, Apple`s longtime head of hardware, is out — but not really. He`s going on to run a new and, so far, secret project. Meanwhile, John Ternus, the rising star of the engineering division, is all in — at the executive team level.
It`s yet another huge shakeup at the very top of Apple`s leadership chain, something that once seemed eternal but really has been changing and growing almost every year for over a decade now.
But what about this? What does this specific change really mean for the future of Apple hardware like the iPhone, iPad, and upcoming M-series Macs? Well…
Big bosses, big moves
It`s an interesting time for Apple, to say the least. Last August, they announced Phil Schiller was leaving his post as the long time head of marketing to become an Apple Fellow — Wikipedia it! — to and focus on the App Store and Events. And, well, we saw how that played out through September, October, and November. Previously the constant presence in front of the cameras,...
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