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Pinterest Hires Facebook’s Barry Schnitt to Lead Communications

in News on May 24 at 2:59 pm PT

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.)

Good Lord, I Might Now Want to Use Yahoo Search Again — Product Dudes Talk About New Axis Browser (Video)

in News on May 23 at 8:14 pm PT

Hey now, Yahoo commits an act of innovation!
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StyleSaint Secures $1.5M to Create Pinterest With an E-Commerce Twist

in Commerce on May 21 at 5:20 pm PT

StyleSaint has secured $1.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and others to develop a new twist on the content-sharing craze.
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Hey Mickey, You’re So Fine: Meet the Man Who Landed Silicon Valley’s Hottest Funding Deal in Pinterest

in Commerce on May 17 at 9:29 am PT

The $1.5 billion valuation can still blow your mind.

Exclusive: Japan’s Rakuten Wins the Heart of Pinterest in $100M Funding Race With $1.5B Valuation

in Commerce on May 16 at 8:18 pm PT

The largest e-commerce site in Japan is about to get pinned by Ben Silbermann in massive funding round.
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Fab.com Ditches Google+ in Favor of Pinterest

in News on May 16 at 5:26 am PT

Fab.com, the shopping Web site that raised $40 million late last year in a Series B round led by Andreessen Horowitz, has revamped its site to highlight more social features, including the ability to filter its live shopping feed by category, buy straight from the feed and see what Facebook friends are buying. Fab has also removed its Google+ button in favor of a Pinterest pin. The company claims four million members in the 10 months since its launch.

Pinterest Prompts a Start-Up’s Pivot: Meet Curalate, an Analytics Engine for Images

in Social on May 15 at 5:20 am PT

You’re a brand that has lots of stuff on Pinterest. How do you find it?
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A Million Users? Pshaw. What’s a Hit in Today’s Metrics?

in News on May 11 at 2:23 pm PT

How to spot meaningful growth for a new app or service when so many things are blowing up so fast.
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Courting Precious Developers, Facebook Announces an App Center

in Social on May 9 at 1:54 pm PT

In a potential boon to its platform, Facebook unveils plans for a centralized app store.
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Flickr, Behance, Vimeo and YouTube Add New Pinterest Attribution Tool

in Social on May 1 at 11:02 am PT

In a bid to be creator- and copyright-friendly, Pinterest signed up four content hosting sites to use a new automated attribution tool.
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Signs of a Pinterest API: Snapguide Adds Mobile Sharing Buttons

PinDollars Brings Affiliate Links Back to Pinterest — But Gives Money Directly to Pinners

in Commerce, April 23, 2012 at 3:57 pm PT

Welcome to ATD: The Very Social Mike Isaac

in Social, April 16, 2012 at 8:23 am PT

Springpad Bookmarking App Goes Social

Sephora’s Not Afraid of Smartphone-Carrying Customers

in Commerce, April 9, 2012 at 9:55 am PT

Social Media Memory App Timehop Adds “Pinterest for Your Past”

in Social, April 2, 2012 at 3:14 pm PT

L.A. Stories: HipSwap Tries to Take the Creepy out of Craigslist (Video)

in Commerce, April 2, 2012 at 10:56 am PT

Snapguide App Lets Users Create How-To Guides on the Go

in Mobile, March 29, 2012 at 6:01 am PT

Online Shoppers Say They Buy Things They Find on Pinterest

Q&A: FTC Chairman on How Web Start-Ups Should Handle Privacy

in Social, March 26, 2012 at 2:43 pm PT

Saving the Social Web for Later Use: Jolicloud Organizes Everything You’ve Shared, Liked and Favorited

in Social, March 19, 2012 at 8:40 am PT

Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann’s Lesson for Start-Ups: Go Your Own Way

in Social, March 13, 2012 at 11:42 am PT

Hey Ladies! Guess Who Loves Web Video?

in Media, February 24, 2012 at 8:59 am PT

Fancy Shows Pinterest How It Might Make Money — Selling Stuff

in Commerce, February 23, 2012 at 4:00 am PT

The U.S. Army’s Guide to Pinterest (Really)

in Social, February 21, 2012 at 4:19 am PT