Pascal Cagni, vice president and general manager of Apple Europe, Middle East, India and Africa, has reportedly left the company. Le Figaro reports that Cagni, who joined Apple in 2000, tendered his resignation Wednesday. Sources close to the company confirmed to AllThingsD that this is indeed the case, though they had no explanation for Cagni’s sudden departure. Apple did not respond to a request for comment. Continue reading →

Pinterest has hired Barry Schnitt as its new head of communications and public policy. Schnitt had been at Facebook for the past four years, and eight more before that at Google. He’ll start at Pinterest next month. (Excuse the inside baseball, but from a press perspective, Pinterest has been nearly impenetrable lately despite its wide usage and impact.) Continue reading →

AOL filed an investor presentation with the Securities and Exchange Commission tooting its own horn, in prep for its upcoming annual meeting in which it is still facing a proxy challenge. In a nutshell, readying to battle an alternate slate put up by Starboard Value: Our stock more than doubled from all-time lows of last summer; our turnaround is turning; we sold a buttload of patents that netted us a truckload of cash; and, of course, we’re got going to settle like Yahoo did with Daniel Loeb of Third Point, because CEO Tim Armstrong’s resume is fine and dandy, thank you very much! (Okay, I made up the last one, but I am peckish today.) In any case, AOL shares have indeed been on a ... Continue reading →