Report: Apple Has Fired Its Maps Man
Eddy Cue is shaking things up in Apple's Maps division.
When iOS 6 launched, the reaction Apple's new Maps application was less than positive. To say the app had some issues would be something of an understatement. Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly apologized for the problems with Maps and even pointed iPhone users towards alternative services while Apple worked to make Maps better.
This week, word on the street is that senior manager Richard Williamson was let go in light of the Maps debacle. Bloomberg reports that Eddy Cue "pushed out maps supervisor Richard Williamson" soon after he took over the maps division last month. Bloomberg cites 'people familiar with the situation' in reporting the news, however, it has not yet been made public.
If true, Williamson isn't the only one to be shown the door after Maps' embarrassing debut. In October, Apple announced that Cue would oversee Siri and Maps as part of a new "online services" sector, which includes iTunes, iCloud and Apple's digital stores. At the same time, the company announced that iOS software chief Scott Forstall would leave the company in 2013. Though Apple never confirmed it, rumor had it that Forstall refused to sign a letter apologizing for the issues with Maps.

I don't think Jobs would have released Maps until it was at least a mature product...
I don't think Jobs would have released Maps until it was at least a mature product...
That's because Zak published the Apple-favorable ones only.
I will agree that fails were very rare when Jobs was at the helm. Apple went with in house Maps because of Google shenanigans and not allowing features that came with Droid version. At least Apple learns from their mistakes and should not happen again.
Haha! i got it!
Wrong Quote! HAHA!! cant delete!
Apple is just used to rehashing products. They haven't learned that a project of this magnitude would take longer than what resizing a device takes.
What bull and ignorance from a cultist.
Still, I don't have a problem taking a temporary step backwards to make things better in the long run. Especially reducing reliance on Google.
Now they need to fire the fool who makes the old fashioned looking OSX calendar.
Tim Cook use an Android. That's why he has no idea about Apple Maps.