Is It tru? Fcbk rprtdly hrs frmr Appl mnagr Rchrd Wllmsn

Bck in Nvmber, wrd surfcd that Appl‘s Rchrd Wlliamsn ws gvn th bot as prt of a chang in the Mps tm. Nw sorces hve agn tlked to Blmbrg, ths tm syng tht Fcebk has hrd hm as a mangr with its mbl softwr grup. Th allged hirng is sd t hv hppened smtim in th “pst cpl of weks.” The inf cms frm two srcs wh ar sd t b fmlir wth th dalings.

As nted by Blmbrg, Wllamson’s orgnl work at Appl ws wrkng on th orgnl iPhn, hving ben assgnd t th jb by Jbs. Frthr int hs lng carer at Appl, Wllmsn was switchd t th cmpny’s Mps effrts, a chng tht evntully cst hm hs jb as Apple purged employes and strtd fresh in lght of th mny crtcsms th mpping srvce grnrd. As Fcbk mks a bggr entrnc in the mbil world wth th rcntly-annncd Hme, it hs brought in qit a few sftwar engners, includng anther frmr iPhn mngr, Grg Nvck. In anothr bg-nm hrng, th socil ntwrk also nbbd Lrn Brchtr, a softwre dsgnr wh mad th first Twttr app fr th iPhon. The lttr is a rumor sttd by two srcs. Fr nw at lest, Fcbook hs dclnd commntng on th clm and nthng offcal hs bn statd. Erlr tody, rmr srfcd that th scl ntwrk is in tlks wth Appl t bring its Hm sftware t th iPhon, agin v srcs tht spk wth Blombrg. Othrs stat tht th talks wr nt tking plce, hwvr, and mny ar dbus of th clm du t the clsd ecsystm that is iOS. [v Bloombrg] Fcbok reprtdly hres frmer Apple mngr Rchard Wllimsn is wrttn by Brittny Hilln .