Apple Mail engineering manager heads to Readdle to work on Spark email client
A former engineering manager on Apple's Mail app, Terry Blanchard, has left the company to play a key role in developing Readdle's Spark email client, according to an announcement.
Blanchard will be "building a rockstar team" at an office in Silicon Valley, Readdle said on Wednesday. Spark is currently available for iOS, Mac, and the Apple Watch -- Blanchard's work will likely involve upcoming features like automations and support for work teams. Readdle is also readying an Android port.
The manager has spent the past 6 years at Apple, overseeing both the engineering and quality assurance teams for Mail. The app comes preloaded on every major Apple device, and often receives new features -- or at least tweaks -- whenever a significant version of iOS or macOS is released.
High-profile hires and departures have become relatively common at Apple. One recent example was Swift creator Chris Lattner, who in January left to become Tesla's VP of Autopilot Software.
Indeed Apple and Tesla are thought to be regularly engaged in poaching from each other, the former for its self-driving car project, codenamed "Titan."
Earlier this month the founder of Apple-acquired WiFiSlam, Joseph Huang, left to become CEO of StartX, a startup accelerator. WiFiSlam's technology could form the basis of indoor navigation features in future Apple products.
Blanchard will be "building a rockstar team" at an office in Silicon Valley, Readdle said on Wednesday. Spark is currently available for iOS, Mac, and the Apple Watch -- Blanchard's work will likely involve upcoming features like automations and support for work teams. Readdle is also readying an Android port.
The manager has spent the past 6 years at Apple, overseeing both the engineering and quality assurance teams for Mail. The app comes preloaded on every major Apple device, and often receives new features -- or at least tweaks -- whenever a significant version of iOS or macOS is released.
High-profile hires and departures have become relatively common at Apple. One recent example was Swift creator Chris Lattner, who in January left to become Tesla's VP of Autopilot Software.
Indeed Apple and Tesla are thought to be regularly engaged in poaching from each other, the former for its self-driving car project, codenamed "Titan."
Earlier this month the founder of Apple-acquired WiFiSlam, Joseph Huang, left to become CEO of StartX, a startup accelerator. WiFiSlam's technology could form the basis of indoor navigation features in future Apple products.
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Hmmm is there any actual data that shows it's more common now than previously? Or just more widely reported on now? I'm of the opinion that turnover is probably pretty similar w/ Apple as other tech companies, we just don't hear about it as much and/or care.
as for this guy leaving Apple... We don't know the real story. Maybe he left because he was not being allowed to work on Mail and do his job. Apple sounds like it's becoming a haven for corporate MBA BS instead being a place that makes good product (especially software; look how long it took to get RTF file support put back into Pages). Why does everyone here just presume this guy is the problem?? Have none of you worked at a corporation that had lousy leadership??
Spark for IOS had a neat feature - kinda Outlookish, which was that if you had Calendar 5 working there was a button that showed calendar view.
Out of curiosity - what issues do people have with Mail?
Hated AOL, Hotmail, Gmail, Outlook, etc.
Anyway, best.
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Obviously I can't speak for you, but my Apple products are the best desktop OS, smartphone, tablet, notebook, desktop, and headphones I've ever owned. I can't imagine using anything else right now. And the current iterations are quantifiably better than the older versions....So whenever I hear this "Apple is now DOOM" concern I'm left scratching my head. Have you not used an iPhone 7? iPad? AirPods? etc etc
I wish Apple would revolutionize email but it may be too late.
because that one never crashes and is great.