Apple has a new head of hardware engineering as part of its latest executive revamp. John Ternus will now serve as its hardware engineering lead, succeeding Dan Riccio as SVP of that team.
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A lat has happened this week, including the departure of the studio head for The Coalition, Rod Fergusson. We've also seen the Surface Duo in the wild, and a new Fast ring build. Catch up below.
Apple's appointment of Frank Casanova as head of its worldwide product marketing for augmented reality efforts indicates that the company is getting more serious about the AR segment.
Microsoft-owned GitHub has named Shanku Niyogi as its new Senior Vice President of Product. Niyogi is also a Microsoft veteran, having served at the software giant for more than 18 years.
Jason Halbert has reportedly left Snap Inc. as its HR head following the recent exodus of its Chief Strategy Officer, Global Strategic Partnerships head, and other senior-level executives.
Spencer Neumann, who was terminated from Activision Blizzard, has been formally named as the chief financial officer of Netflix. The media services firm reportedly poached him from Activision.
A Facebook spokesperson has confirmed that Kenneth Chenault, a member of the company's board of directors, won't be appointed as its new chairman after he resigned from IBM and Procter & Gamble.
Nokia has announced today its new division called Access Networks, consisting of the Mobile and Fixed Networks business groups. It also named a new president of its Mobile Networks.
Evernote has a new chief executive officer in the person of Ian Small, formerly the CEO and chairman of video calling service TokBox. Small replaces Chris O'Neill, who held that role since 2015.
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are said to be leaving Instagram in the coming weeks several years after founding what could arguably be Facebook's most successful acquisition today.
Motorola now has a new president and chairman, Sergio Buniac, who replaces Aymar de Lencquesaing after his resignation earlier this year as part of the company's leadership reorganization.
