3D Touch app switcher shortcut will return to iOS 11, says Apple's Craig Federighi

A 3D Touch gesture used to launch the iOS app switcher — removed in iOS 11 — will return in a future software update, according to Apple's senior VP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 14

Apple's Craig Federighi details Face ID in new interview [u]

In a brief interview on Friday, Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi answered a few questions about the Face ID facial recognition feature that will ship out to customers in November, dispelling some of the more contentious rumors, providing background on its development and touting the system's benefits.

Mikey Campbell 8 years ago 44

Gripping buttons on both sides of iPhone X disables Face ID, recognition works with most sunglasses

Apple software chief Craig Federighi has revealed that Face ID unlock on the new iPhone X will come with a hidden security feature, allowing users to press buttons on both sides of the phone to temporarily disable the facial recognition capabilities.

Neil Hughes 8 years ago 37

Apple executives net more than $13M each in vested stock

Eight Apple executives, including senior vice presidents Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi, saw batches of restricted stock units vest last week, six of which were worth some $13.6 million.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 16

Apple passingly acknowledges external GPU technology during future Mac Pro, iMac reveal

Apple with a single sentence in an interview has acknowledged the existence of external graphic processing units — and continues to not put more than casual blocks in place to prevent them from functioning.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 12

Apple's Federighi suggests GPU issues on 2016 Retina MacBook Pro fixed in macOS 10.12.2

In email response to a customer regarding GPU anomalies associated with the Touch Bar MacBook Pro, Apple's senior VP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi suggested that the problem is solved in the latest macOS 10.12.2 beta.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 17

Apple executives awarded stock bonus worth up to $25M

Apple last week meted out restricted stock unit awards to its executive team, with the likes of SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue, SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller and others receiving up to 149,667 RSUs scheduled to vest through 2021.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 12

Apple executives net nearly $10M each in vested company stock

Six of Apple's top executives, including SVP of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue and SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller, each saw 87,578 restricted stock units worth nearly $10 million vest as part of an award granted in 2014.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 4

Apple's Eddy Cue, Craig Federighi discuss failures and resultant victories

Extending an interview series about the past, present and future of Apple, senior vice presidents Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi talk about the company's initial failures, a harsh media spotlight, and how it shapes what consumers end up with.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 32

Apple SVPs Schiller and Federighi discuss Siri, Messages and more in Q&A session

Apple executives Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi on Tuesday took part in a casual interview to discuss the many software and services enhancements revealed at this week's Worldwide Developers Conference.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 13

Craig Federighi: Security is an endless race, but the FBI wants to roll it back to 2013

Apple's head of software engineering Craig Federighi published an opinion in the Washington Post today that clarified the company's reasoning behind refusing to weaken its products to appease a very public demand from the FBI.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 22

Apple Music passes 11M subscribers as iCloud hits 782M users

During a wide-ranging interview published on Friday, Apple executives Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi revealed fresh statistics on the company's various internet services like Apple Music, which now boasts more than 11 million paying subscribers.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 58

Deep Swift integration coming to iCloud and OS X, says Apple's Craig Federighi

Apple is beginning to bake Swift into some of its core software, instead of simply supporting it in third-party apps, senior VP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi said in a podcast interview.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 28

Apple's Craig Federighi talks Hour of Code, dismisses findings on value of educational tech spending

Apple's senior VP of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi, promoted the company's participation in Code.org's annual Hour of Code events in a Monday interview, while downplaying suggestions that school spending on technology hasn't provided any meaningful advantages over regular education.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 6

Apple's Federighi positions open-sourced Swift as 'primary,' scalable programming language

Apple has grand ambitions for its newly open-sourced Swift programming language, senior Software VP Craig Federighi suggested in a Thursday interview, including making it a "front to back" development option.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 0

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