2012年11月27日星期二

Apple tells Maps manager to get lost


Apple has fired the director guilty in support of its troubled mapping software, seeking to win back the trust of users disappointed following the course debuted in the sphere of September, according to those familiar with the move.
Richard Williamson, who oversaw the mapping team, was pressed unfashionable by senior associate president current Cue, whispered the those, who asked not to be present named for the reason that the in a row wasn't yet in the public domain. Cue, who took in excess of only remaining month having the status of part of a management shakeup, is seeking advice from outside mapping-technology experts and prodding digital maps bringer TomTom to stick innovatory and navigation data it shares with Apple.
Critics give birth to faulted Apple's new to the job chart software in support of unreliable innovatory searches, routes with the aim of search out users lost and lack of in the public domain transit commands. Cue is seeking to build confidence in the sphere of the course amid a growing battle with Google, whose mapping hard work had been built into Apple's iPhone since its introduction in the sphere of 2007. Google is at this moment preparing to unwrap rival downloadable apps in support of Apple's portable policy.
While Apple's chart course doesn't appear to give birth to hurt sales of the iPhone 5, it was a rare in the public domain misstep with the aim of enforced chief executive official Tim Cook to apologise to customers.
Trudy Muller, a orator in support of Apple, declined to comment on Cue's moves. She referred to the statement Cook issued in the sphere of September with the aim of whispered the mapping software command expand having the status of supplementary customers benefit it and supplementary data can be present gathered.
"We are really pitiful in support of the frustration this has caused our customers and we are liability everything we can to succeed maps better," Cook whispered in the sphere of the statement.
Fixing flaws
In the sphere of removing Williamson, Cue wants to install a new to the job leadership team in support of the band, lone person whispered. A replacement in support of Williamson wasn't as soon as accepted. Attempts to spread Williamson weren't booming.
A team by Apple has been working to stick the mapping mistakes, focusing originator on various of the the largest part brilliant problems, lone person whispered. The satellite imagery in excess of the UK has been improved and labels in support of in style US landmarks such having the status of the Washington testimonial give birth to been corrected.
The new to the job version of Apple's iOS portable software disinterested Google's built-in maps app in the sphere of favour of its own, which added new to the job facial appearance such having the status of turn-by-turn navigation and fly-over views of landscapes. IOS software runs iPhones and iPads, which compete with smartphones and medicine with the aim of run Google's machine operating method.
Replacement course
Apple, which besides eliminated the pre-installed app in support of Google's YouTube videocassette service, built the replacement chart course for the reason that it wanted to amount back its association with Google, two those familiar with Apple's development of maps whispered in the sphere of September.
The company's bungled introduction of new to the job mapping facial appearance contributed to the ouster of mobile-software chief Scott Forstall, whose departure was announced in the sphere of October. Having the status of part of the management overhaul, Cue - who oversees Apple's iTunes, App put in storage and iCloud services - was besides position in the sphere of charge of maps and the Siri voice-recognition tool, bringing all of the company's online services under lone band.
This isn't the originator clock Cue has taken on a troubled produce. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had him oversee the MobileMe internet-storage service following a chain of miscues, plus a anomaly with the aim of prevented customers from accessing their email. With the aim of service was recently congested and replaced with iCloud.
Cue, who ongoing his career by Apple in the sphere of the company's interior information-technology branch, became a close confidant of Jobs. Having the status of president of iTunes, he spearheaded many of the negotiations with melody, television and show companies. He's besides leading the company's effort to add supplementary videocassette content in support of a capability new to the job television produce, those familiar with the interior negotiations whispered earlier this time.

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