Apple poaches a Nokia executive to lead its struggling India operations
Apple has reportedly appointed Nokia’s 15-year veteran Ashish Chowdhary to take over its struggling India operations beginning next year.
Hiring
Apple hires 3,500 people for India’s Maps development center, headcount to grow to 5,000
Apple has hired 3,500 people for their centre focused on Maps development in Hyderabad.
Apple TV design lead Jen Folse joins social broadcasting startup Caffeine
Jen Folse, the lead designer on Apple TV, tvOS and a number of other projects, has departed the Cupertino firm and joined Caffeine, a live social-broadcasting startup, where she’ll be working with other ex-Apple TV team members.
Apple hires a developer who built a painting app for VR headsets as its prototyping researcher
Sterling Crispin, who previously built a painting app for mobile VR headsets, has been working for the Cupertino technology giant as a prototyping researcher since May of this year.
Will Apple’s new AI chief fix Siri?
Apple has a new chief that will oversee Apple’s strategy for artificial intelligence and machine learning, who’s also supposed to fixate many shortcomings of Apple’s underpowered digital assistant.
Former Viacom & Broadway Video executive Kelly Costello joins Apple
Kelly Costello has joined Apple as a business affairs executive as the iPhone maker continues to build its worldwide video team amid original content push.
Apple hires Google’s chief of search and A.I.
Apple has hired Google’s chief of search and artificial intelligence John Giannandrea, reports The New York Times. The outlet has obtained an internal email from Tim Cook, who tells employees “John shares our commitment to privacy and our thoughtful approach as we make computers even smarter and more personal.”
Sony TV’s Angélica Guerra joins Apple as head of Latin American programming
Apple has recruited yet another Sony TV executive, Angélica Guerra, who in the past worked with Sony’s former worldwide video toppers Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht.
Twitter’s former VP of engineering Michael Abbott has been reportedly hired by Apple
Apple has allegedly hired an experienced software engineer with a very colorful resumé who worked for, advised or invested in a number of startups and companies like Twitter, Jawbone, Plex, Snapchat, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and more.
Apple hires Gaumont Television executive Carol Trussell as head of original video production
Carol Trussell joins Apple’s growing Worldwide Video Programming division headed by former Sony Pictures Television executives Jamie Ehrlicht and Zack Van Amburg.
Apple looks to step up comedy programming with new hire
The latest hire in Apple’s quest for top programming talent appears to be Dana Tuinier from The Paramount Network. Tuinier will head up the comedy space at Apple, and will be responsible for comedy within the Worldwide Video unit
Apple’s Director of Worldwide Investigations departs for Facebook
Freedman, who was Apple’s chief leak investigator, now holds a similar position at Facebook. Replacing him as Apple’s Director of Worldwide Investigations will be Jessica Kirschbraun.