A vital iOS engineer has retired and is no longer an employee at Apple Inc. after more than 20 years with the Cupertino-based organization.
Henri Lamiraux served as the engineering vice president of Apple's iOS division for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
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As seen in his LinkedIn profile, Lamiraux retired in October and an email to 9to5Mac confirmed his departure as of a "couple weeks ago."
"Sources within Apple's iOS division say Lamiraux is respected and he was in charge of developing the applications that come with iOS," reported 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman. "The executive also led feature-implementation across the operating system, and he managed both bug-fixing processes and feature distribution to consumers."
According to LinkedIn, Lamiraux started his Apple career as a software engineer for the Mac operating system in 1990. He would serve the position for 10 years before becoming Software Engineering Manager for the OS X platform. Lamiraux also served as senior director of software engineering for iOS apps and frameworks and director of software engineering for the OS X platform experience.
Lamiraux's departure reportedly came after the third update of the iOS 7 mobile operating system.
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As Latinos Post reported, Apple released iOS 7.0.3 on Oct. 22, which was the same date the Cupertino-based organization premiered the iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina Display. Apple noted fixes in the update include an issue that prevented iMessage from sending messages to some users, a bug preventing iMessage from activating, and bug that could allow someone to bypass the lock screen passcode.
To install iOS 7.0.3, Apple device owners can tap "Settings," then "General," and select "Software Update." iOS device owners can also connect their gadget to iTunes for the update.
iOS 7 launched on Sept. 18 for the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad mini, and the fifth generation of the iPod touch.
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