Scott Forstall

Craig Federighi, Apple's new senior vice president of software engineering, conducted his first major public appearance by unveiling of Apple's new iOS 7 operating system during the company's developer conference Monday--and Federighi generally garnered praise for his performance.

Apple CEO Tim Cook granted an extensive interview to  Bloomberg BusinessWeek  in which he described in detail his management philosophy, his views on Apple's products, concerns about the labor practices of company's supplier Foxconn and a host of other issues.

Apple said that Scott Forstall, the company's senior vice president of iOS software, will leave the company as part of a shakeup of the iPhone maker's executive team.

Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was "very receptive" to the idea of a 7-inch iPad by early 2011, according to evidence submitted during the patent-infringement trial between Apple and Samsung Electronics.