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| Apple's Scott Forstall and John Browett to leave firm | Apple's Scott Forstall and John Browett to leave firm |
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| Apple has announced a major shake-up of its management, with two senior executives to leave the company. | Apple has announced a major shake-up of its management, with two senior executives to leave the company. |
| The announcement follows embarrassing problems with its new mapping software and disappointing quarterly results. | The announcement follows embarrassing problems with its new mapping software and disappointing quarterly results. |
| Scott Forstall, head of its iPhone software, will leave next year. He will serve as an adviser to chief executive Tim Cook in the interim. | Scott Forstall, head of its iPhone software, will leave next year. He will serve as an adviser to chief executive Tim Cook in the interim. |
| Head of retail John Browett, the former Dixons boss, is also leaving after just nine months in the job. | Head of retail John Browett, the former Dixons boss, is also leaving after just nine months in the job. |
| Apple said the moves were a way to increase collaboration across its hardware, software and services businesses. | Apple said the moves were a way to increase collaboration across its hardware, software and services businesses. |
| The management changes come a little over a year into Mr Cook's reign as chief executive. | The management changes come a little over a year into Mr Cook's reign as chief executive. |
| "We are in one of the most prolific periods of innovation and new products in Apple's history," Mr Cook said. | "We are in one of the most prolific periods of innovation and new products in Apple's history," Mr Cook said. |
| "The amazing products that we've introduced in September and October... could only have been created at Apple and are the direct result of our relentless focus on tightly integrating world-class hardware, software and services." | "The amazing products that we've introduced in September and October... could only have been created at Apple and are the direct result of our relentless focus on tightly integrating world-class hardware, software and services." |
| Apple faced a barrage of criticism after its new mapping software, introduced last month, showed inaccuracies and misplaced towns and cities. | |
| The debacle led to Mr Cook issuing an apology to customers, while some critics called for Mr Forstall's head. | |
| Apple's fourth quarter profits of $8.2bn (£5bn) reported last week, also missed Wall Street forecasts, while the 14 million iPads it sold in the quarter fell short of analysts' expectations. |