Apple’s Past Sideloading Plans, Ecosystem Lock-in Strategy, and More Revealed in Internal Documents

Documents highlighted by The Verge and disclosed as part of the Apple vs. Epic Games trial have revealed that Apple discussed plans for sideloading apps, sought to lock users into its ecosystem using gift cards, attempted to tackle chaos in the App Store review process, and more. Several of the internal documents related to internal […]

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Epic Games ‘Attempting to Locate’ Former iOS Chief Scott Forstall to Testify in Ongoing Legal Battle with Apple

As part of its ongoing legal battle, Epic Games is now seeking testimony from Apple’s former iOS software chief, Scott Forstall. Forstall left Apple in 2013, in what was widely reported at the time to have been a forced exit, largely because of the botched early launch of Apple Maps. Since then, Forstall has kept […]

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Former iOS Chief Scott Forstall Shares Intriguing Story of His Interview With Steve Jobs at NeXT

Former Apple executive and iOS chief Scott Forstall made a rare public appearance this week at Code.org’s virtual Code Break event, and in between classes, Forstall shared the intriguing story of how he was hired by Steve Jobs. Forstall revealed that he had been considering working at Microsoft when he went to interview at NexT, […]

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Former iOS Chief Scott Forstall to Attend Virtual Coding Event This Week

Former Apple executive and iOS chief Scott Forstall will make a rare public appearance this week at Code.org’s Code Break event. He will appear alongside Grammy Award winning rapper and songwriter Macklemore. Forstall was Apple’s Vice President of iOS from 2007 until 2012 Described as the “world’s largest live interactive classroom,” Code Break aims to […]

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