Earlier today KTVU got a major component of the Apple Maps apology story wrong, tweeting that: “Apple CEO Tom Brooks apologizes for new Maps application http://t.co/YJbhg7tj.” Obviously, KTVU got mixed up and has since corrected the error, but it sparked some funny tweets. And I couldn’t get the image above out of my head until I made it real and shared it with the world. Meet “Tom Brooks,” Apple’s latest head honcho:
Here are some of the best tweets to come out of this colossal cock-up:
They already fired Tim? RT @ktvu: Apple CEO Tom Brooks apologizes for new Maps application bit.ly/QAAD4b
— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) September 28, 2012
DAMN YOU AUTOCORRECT RT @ktvu:Apple CEO Tom Brooks apologizes for new Maps application bit.ly/QAAD4b
— Jason Aycock (@AlphaJason) September 28, 2012
@toddthomas @ktvu @jsnell Steve Jobs would never have hired Tom Brooks.
— John Noonan (@JohnNoonan) September 28, 2012
Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer, Inc. to Apple, Inc. in January 2007. Among the key offerings from Apple’s product line are: Pro line laptops (MacBook Pro) and desktops (Mac Pro), consumer line laptops (MacBook Air) and desktops (iMac), servers (Xserve), Apple TV, the Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server operating systems, the iPod, the...
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