Pinterest valued at $3.8 bn in hefty financing deal

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 09:23

The deal, led by Fidelity Investments, makes Pinterest one of the most valuable privately held consumer Internet companies just 2-1/2 years after it secured its first round of venture capital financing in May of 2011.

Half of Internet users want a social media `vacation`

Last Updated: Sunday, July 14, 2013, 15:51

More than 50 per cent of Internet users, suffering from social media overload, have either taken or have considered taking a "vacation" from social networking, a new US study has found.

Motivations behind Pinterest activities: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 21:38

The study has shown that female users have more re-pins, irrespective of their geographical location and male users have more followers than females on Pinterest. The social networking site is different from Twitter because of four verbs: use, look, want and need.

Motivations behind Pinterest activities: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 15:30

Gender plays significant roles among Pinterest users, a recent study has revealed.

Pinterest unveils new website design, discoverability features

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 12:44

Content-sharing site Pinterest has announced some slight changes to the design of the website and discoverability features.

Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest`s customer support firm Zendesk hacked

Last Updated: Saturday, February 23, 2013, 10:59

Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest have been caught up in a hacking attack on a firm, which technology companies use to outsource their customer services.

eBay’s ‘revamped website’ inspired by Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter

Last Updated: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 11:02

The revamping of the website was done to give consumers personalised suggestions to help them sift through the huge shopping site.

Pinterest unveils apps for Android, iPad

Last Updated: Sunday, August 19, 2012, 10:05

Image-based social networking service Pinterest has extended its mobile service by launching a native iPad app and also made its debut on Android.

Pinterest relaxes ‘sign-up’ policy to open site for all

Last Updated: Friday, August 10, 2012, 15:11

Image-based social networking service Pinterest has opened its site to all, relaxing its sign-up policy.

Facebook customer satisfaction in US plummets: Report

Last Updated: Sunday, July 22, 2012, 12:08

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) "E-Business Report" in collaboration with research firm Foresee, comes days before the release of Facebook's first quarterly earnings since it went public.