Apple Inc. announced today that John Ternus, its senior vice president of hardware engineering, will become chief executive officer on Sept. 1, succeeding Tim Cook, who will transition to executive chairman after roughly 15 years running the iPhone maker. Apple said in a statement that the board approved the transition unanimously and described it as […] The post Tim Cook out, John Ternus in: Apple names hardware boss its next chief executive appeared first on SiliconANGLE .