Apples iOS Boss, Store Chief Stepping Down

With trading halted on the New York Stock Exchange during the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, there couldn't have been a better time for any public company to announce the departure of major executives -- and that's just what Apple did Monday.

Apple announced that Scott Forstall, the head of iOS software, and Apple Store chief John Browett would both be leaving the company. Forstall will stay on until the new year; Browett appears to be out forthwith.

Forstall (pictured above), once tipped as a future CEO of the company, has been beset by a couple of high-profile software stumbles. Rightly or wrongly, he has been pegged with the blame for Siri and Apple Maps, two features where the c…
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