Why Apple May Be Ditching Fake Leather, Felt, And Bookshelves

11/01/2012, The New York Times’ excellent Bits Blog wrote this morning about how Apple’s management changes could lead to user interface changes. In particular, this concerns skeuomorphic elements and textures: Forstall (and Jobs before him) were apparently enamored with recreating real objects in the iOS [...]

Apple Is Keeping Siri Out Of The Loop

10/31/2012, Poor Siri. She gets asked a bunch of stupid questions on a daily basis, and although Apple hardcodes the most common answers, she still looks really silly sometimes. Even worse: she may be the last to know about Apple’s regime [...]

Scott Forstall, Senior Vice President of iOS, Leaving Apple

10/29/2012, Apple has just announced that Senior Vice President in charge of iOS Software Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple next year. They’ve spread his responsibilities to Apple’s other top brass, and for the moment he’s still listed on Apple’s website. Also leaving [...]