Articles about Pinterest

Amazon cancels on-site presence at CES, T-Mobile scales back due to Omicron concerns

Amazon is one of several big tech companies that have decided not to attend or exhibit at the International CES… Read More

Why Microsoft’s shopping spree and lack of regulatory attention isn’t entirely a coincidence

Microsoft’s pending $19.7 billion deal to buy Nuance Communications is the latest in what’s become a shopping spree for the… Read More

Why Microsoft is Pinterested

The Financial Times reported Wednesday that Microsoft has held talks in recent months to acquire Pinterest. The talks, which are… Read More

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IPOs without profits: New tech giants pin their initial public offerings on long-term potential

What do Pinterest, Lyft, Uber and Slack have in common? Yes, they’re all newly public companies, or preparing to make… Read More

Pinterest cut a deal with Amazon Web Services that requires it to spend $750 million with the cloud leader by 2023

Back in 2017, as Pinterest’s spending with Amazon Web Services skyrocketed thanks to user growth, the company cut a deal… Read More

Born on the cloud but behind the times: How Pinterest doubled down on containers and Kubernetes

AUSTIN – Pinterest was one of the first clear cloud-computing success stories: now valued at over $12 billion, the massive… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet scoops up AWS VP; theMaven adds new co-chairman; and more

Smartsheet has some serious momentum. Fresh off a $52 million funding round, the Bellevue-based collaborative work management technology company brought… Read More

NASA brings an out-of-this-world assortment of GIFs and images to GIPHY and Pinterest

In space, no one can hear you scream. But on Earth, they can hear you laugh, or say, “Whoa.” Which… Read More

Pinterest soars to 150M active users — and men are now 40% of new signups

Long gone are the days when Pinterest was considered a niche tool for people planning their weddings and debating a… Read More

Generation App: Why Pinterest’s simple but powerful platform appeals to users, retailers, and advertisers

Pinterest’s model — a photo-centric online bookmarking tool — doesn’t feel particularly groundbreaking, which is why some people find its monumental success… Read More

Ruben Ortega, former Amazon and Allen Institute exec, to head Pinterest’s Seattle engineering office

Ruben Ortega, a Seattle tech veteran who has led engineering teams at Amazon, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Google and… Read More

Inside Pinterest’s new Seattle hub: How the company is trying to stand out in a sea of engineering centers

Mukund Narasimhan is a well-traveled tech industry veteran, having worked as an engineer at places like Intel, Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook,… Read More

Pinterest opens engineering office in Seattle, plans to hire 30 people within one year

Tech companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, Twitter, Uber, Lyft, Salesforce, and many more all have engineering offices in the Seattle… Read More

Casting call: GeekWire is looking for millennials to talk Pinterest, Twitch, Postmates, and more

If you’re a Pinterest prodigy, Twitch talent, or just someone who’d like to chat about your favorite apps, then we… Read More

U.S. CTO Megan Smith promotes Obama tech initiatives with help from Seattle techies

U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith took to the stage last week at CES 2016 to highlight and encourage participation… Read More

Unicorn envy: Where is Seattle’s next billion-dollar idea?

View image | gettyimages.com Once upon a time, there was an exclusive club that only allowed technology companies worth $1 billion… Read More

What’s in your 401K? Uber, Airbnb and other tech ‘unicorns’ increasingly part of the mix

Normally, it’s not easy to own stock in privately held companies, like Uber or at Airbnb, unless you happen to work… Read More

eBay refreshes mobile apps and homepage to tell stories, create community

EBay is rolling out of a mobile update and is refreshing one of its online experiences today in hopes of creating a customer experience… Read More

Pin pros: Insights from Seattle’s top 10 Pinterest pinners

Nearly four years after it launched in private beta in March 2010, Pinterest is a powerhouse. Twenty-one percent of online… Read More

Pew social media study: Facebook still king; Pinterest more popular than Twitter

Kids may be leaving Facebook, but that isn’t enough to take the network down from atop the social media pedestal.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Sparktrend tells you where to buy those Pinterest-inspired outfits

Sites like Pinterest have made it easy for shoppers to search for clothes and find inspiration for a new outfit.… Read More

Microsoft Bing adds another Pinterest feature to image search, hints at more social integration

For the second time this year, Bing has added a Pinterest feature to its image search. Now when you search… Read More

Nordstrom experiments with Pinterest, showcasing top ‘pinned’ items in 13 stores

There are so many options these days for retailers to use social media to drive sales. Nordstrom is looking to… Read More

Bing adds ‘Pin It’ Pinterest feature to image search

Bing is making “Pinning” to Pinterest easy. Today the Microsoft search engine introduced a “Pin to Pinterest” feature that allows users… Read More

Pinterest just ‘acqui-hired’ Seattle startup Livestar, dev team moving to San Fran

Pinterest, the fast-growing social networking startup that raised a $200 million funding round last month at a reported $2.5 billion… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pinterest rival Clipboard looks to make screenshotting a breeze

If you’re tired of taking those messy screenshots and arduously cropping them to the perfect size, the solution may be… Read More

The 10 social media tools that every startup must have

Social media has revolutionized the way we communicate. With the revolution has come insane amounts of data, analytics and information… Read More

Zappos to let Pinterest users show picks via PinPointing

With all the social networking and such online it was only a matter of time until shopping got more into… Read More

Study: 40 percent of top brands active on Instagram

Instagram, the image-sharing social network that’s in the process of being acquired by Facebook for $1 billion, is getting active… Read More

Clipboard opens Web page clipping service in wake of Pinterest craze

After eight months in private testing, Clipboard is opening up its Web clipping service for public use with a number… Read More