Less than two months into the job, Apple Chief Executive John Ternus presided over his second major product launch Tuesday, introducing new home devices that includes Apple’s first smart home display. The gadgets offer more ways to generate hardware sales. More important, they’re ideal hosts for Apple’s upgraded Siri, giving the company a new distribution
It’s officially the Ternus era at Apple. Tim Cook stepped down as CEO this week, handing the company to former hardware chief John Ternus, whose first memo promised a “huge launch next week” — timing that puts Apple’s next iPhone event on his desk before he’s even settled in. Cook isn’t going far, though: he’s staying on as Executive Chairman, focused on the kind of policy
Why is longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller stepping down from his role as the head of the App Store? Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Schiller’s decision — he will remain involved in the company as an Apple Fellow working on unspecified projects — was driven in part by a desire to spend more time with
John Ternus has officially taken the reins as Apple CEO, succeeding Tim Cook, who held the role for fifteen years. The company’s former senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Ternus enters the CEO role at a critical time for Apple. On September 9, the company will host its annual iPhone event, which is rumored to