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Now Here’s Something You Don’t Hear Every Day: Tumblr Expects to Be Profitable This Year

Liz Gannes in Social on March 5 at 2:37 pm PT

For Tumblr, it might not be all about the eyeballs anymore. That is, if it makes huge gains in 2013.

Zendesk Hacker Accesses Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest Data

Liz Gannes in Social on February 21 at 9:25 pm PT

No passwords were involved, said the companies, who are alerting their users tonight.

Because Sometimes Just One Photo (Or App) Isn’t Enough, Tumblr Makes a Photoset App

Liz Gannes in Mobile on October 11, 2012 at 12:27 pm PT

Because the world, it needs more photo-sharing apps.

Tumblr Blesses Its First Analytics Provider, Union Metrics

Liz Gannes in Social on October 4, 2012 at 11:36 am PT

Brands and PR can measure what’s being discussed on Tumblr through an officially endorsed partner.

Ad Nauseam at Your Service: Tumblr Will “Live-GIF” the Presidential Debates

Liz Gannes in News on October 1, 2012 at 11:49 am PT

Brace yourself for silent moving pictures of the candidates moving their mouths and waving their arms.

Tumblr Finally Gets Serious About Ads — By Hiring Someone to Sell Ads

Liz Gannes in Media on September 6, 2012 at 1:38 pm PT

Tumblr, which had long resisted ads, finally brings in a big sales guy: Groupon and Yahoo vet Lee Brown.

For Leading Web Sites, Mobile Tide Turns Toward Full-Fledged Apps

Liz Gannes in Mobile on September 5, 2012 at 11:44 am PT

In the minds of mobile app makers, quality is now trumping accessibility.

What’s Next for Pinterest

Liz Gannes in Social on June 29, 2012 at 11:46 am PT

For all its popularity and next-big-thinginess and $1.5 billion valuation, Pinterest is actually missing a bunch of significant components.

Tumblr Gets a Data Firehose

Liz Gannes in Social on April 17, 2012 at 10:14 am PT

Tumblr today released access to a real-time firehose of updates through a partnership with data provider Gnip.

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

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

In order to avoid crossing the FTC and its new privacy framework, social media companies should make sure they honor privacy commitments, said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz.