Last Bytes: Apple Happenings
Tech Observer —
A new tune of iTunes: new prices and DRM-free. [Portfolio.com] Macworld coverage via Brad Stone of the New York Times, who is there in case you are not. [Bits] AOL's Kevin Conroy has left to join Univision. [SAI] Not satisfied with fake Facebook pages and Twitter posts, hackers have moved on to create fake celebrity profiles on LinkedIn. [Cnet] Related Links Twitter Tops List of Fastest Growing Social Networks Last Bytes: Web filtering, Google Chrome, Facebook, Twitter, HuffPo Rumors of a ...
AOL Exec Kevin Conroy Out After Product Empire Dismantled
TechCrunch —
AOL’s EVP of Products and Marketing Kevin Conroy is leaving to take a new position at Univision.
This isn’t much of a surprise - we speculated on his future back in July when he announced (internally) the shuttering of four of his products (Xdrive, AOL Pictures, Bluestring and MyMobile). That still left him with AOL Mail, MYAOL, the AOL client, Userplane and Truveo, among others. But each of those products seemed to be a better fit in a different organization.
CEO Randy Falco’s memo to AOLers: ...





