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Amongst the insanity that is Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia, another important piece of news quietly dropped. Nokia said that its head of design, Marko Ahtisaari, will leave the company in November this year to pursue “entrepreneurial opportunities.” He’ll be replaced by Industrial Design VP Stefan Pannenbecker. Ahtisaari, who we spoke to earlier this year, led the creation of all recent Lumia devices, including the 925 and 1020. Most of those handsets received wide praise for their design, so if Microsoft hopes to jump its smartphone market share by purchasing Nokia’s device division, this won’t help.

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Via: AllThingsD

It could mean nothing, but it could mean everything. As of this morning, Bob Mansfield was still a senior vice president at one of the world’s most iconic technology firms. As of now, his leadership bio is nowhere to be found on Apple’s official web presence. If you’ll recall, Mansfield has had an interesting couple of years at Apple. In June of 2012, he abruptly announced that he was retiring. A couple of weeks later, he publicly addressed mounting criticism regarding Apple’s computers and their relationship with EPEAT, seemingly putting the kibosh on said retirement. A few weeks following that, Mansfield actually got a promotion, with his responsibilities growing once again during the executive shakeup of October 2012. It’s unclear if someone accidentally deleted the profile of one of Apple’s most important figureheads (read: unlikely), or if Mr. Mansfield truly has stepped aside, but we’ll be reaching out to Apple in hopes of clarifying things.

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Via: MacRumors

Source: Apple

Apple has announced that its Senior VP of Hardware Engineering, Bob Mansfield, will retire and over the course of the next few months transfer his role to Dan Riccio. Mansfield is credited with leading the Mac engineering team since 2005 and took on a more visible role as an exec during the reshuffling in 2008. He’s also mentioned as leading iPhone and iPod engineering since 2010 (when he took over the role from Mark Papermaster in a move curiously timed around those antenna troubles) and the iPad since it began. He’d been with Apple since 1999 when it acquired his previous employer, Raycer Graphics, and most recently popped up on our radar earlier this year while integrating another acquisition, flash memory maker Anobit. If you’d like to get familiar with his replacement, Dan Riccio is currently vice president of iPad hardware engineering. Check the press release after the break for a few more details on both individuals, there’s no word on Mansfield’s post-retirement plans.

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