Path Product Management Director Dylan Casey Departs for Yahoo

The former Path product lead jumps ship to work with former Google colleague Marissa Mayer.
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“Path Does Not Spam Users”: Dave Morin Talks About the Hyper-Growth Pains of a “Personal Network”

The Path CEO addresses spamming accusations and concerns about his startup’s recent viral growth in an interview with AllThingsD.
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Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley on Growth, Data and His New Money (Q&A)

“Hey, there’s not a lot of companies that get to play in this space. And guess what? We get to be one of those companies.”
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Hangtime Launches Event-Finding App to “Map the Social Future”

Serial serial entrepreneur Karl Jacob is back with a new startup, just in time for SXSW.
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Path = Mac, Facebook = Windows

Totally making this up — not an active user — but Path seems like the Mac of social networks vs. Facebook/Windows. (But what’s the iPod?)

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Social Network Path Launches Messaging, Paid Product Shop

Path, the “personal” social network app founded by ex-Facebook employee Dave Morin, launched a messaging feature for users on Wednesday evening, along with a shop for users to purchase virtual goods like photo filters and “stickers” to give to friends. The news comes on the heels of Path’s recent CFO hire, Kim Jabal, who will focus on the company’s monetization efforts.

Path Hires Ex-Google, Lytro Finance Head as New CFO

A finance-focused hire for the social startup.
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Survey Says: Despite Yahoo Ban, Most Tech Companies Support Work-From-Home for Employees

CEO Marissa Mayer is swimming against the tech workplace tide with her new ban.
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Path Stumbles on Privacy Issues. Again.

Path on Friday acknowledged a flaw in the company’s iOS application, which attached location data to imported photos taken with the Apple Camera app, even if users had turned off the location services setting in the menu. “We were unaware of this issue and have implemented a code change to ignore the EXIF tag location,” Path product manager Dylan Casey wrote in response to a security researcher’s discovery of the flaw. Update: As of 2:59 p.m PT., the updated Path app is now live in Apple’s App Store for download.

Path Settles With FTC Over Alleged COPPA Violations

The startup has agreed to pay $800,000 on charges from the FTC.
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Path’s Personal Take on Social Discovery

Path Builds a Proper iPad App