Last Wednesday, Pinterest announced in an official blog post that the online pinboard is now open for everyone. As stated on the blog post:

“For those of you who haven’t joined Pinterest yet, this means you can sign up without waiting for an invite: all you have to do is go to Pinterest.com to get started. In addition to using Facebook or Twitter login, we’re also opening registration so you can sign up with just your email address.”

Prior to this, users had to click the “Request for an Invite” button first, before being able to create their account. After Pinterest dropped their invite-only approach, users can now sign in for the social photo-sharing site using their email address, Facebook or Twitter accounts.

Pinterest: History and Beyond

In addition to this, Pinterest announced last July that they’ve added new categories such as Quotes, Tattoos and Weddings. There are also old categories that were tweaked: Pets became Animals, while Prints and Posters is now Illustrations and Posters. It was also reported that the virtual pinboard improved its old categories, so that users see less mis-categorized pins.

Pinterest enables its users to organize and share images of their favorite things on the net. According to previous reports by Experian Hitwise, the social photo-sharing website is the third-largest social network in the US after Facebook and Twitter.

Earlier this year, researchers found out that Pinterest got 21.5 million visits during the weekend through January 28. In relation to this, the website has 60:40 ratio of women to men visitors. However, the report is only based on web traffic rather than unique visitors and mobile users.

In May, the virtual pinboard raised $100 million in a round of funding. In turn, the funding values Pinterest at $1.5 billion. It was led by the Japanese commerce giant Raukten with a $50 million investment. As stated by Raukten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani:

“We see tremendous synergies between Pinterest’s vision and Raukten’s model for e-commerce. Raukten looks forward to introducing Pinterest to the Japanese market as well as other markets around the world.”

As of the moment, Pinterest is looking to expand their overseas market, such as France, Germany and Japan. Previously, the online pinboard is enjoying a mainstream recognition in US, but is making a little headway abroad. The investment they’ve got from Raukten could open doors for Pinterest in Asia. To date, social photo-sharing site has raised $37.5 million in venture capital.

 

Source: Pinterest Home Page

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Last Wednesday, Pinterest announced in an official blog post that the online pinboard is now open for everyone. As stated on the blog post:

“For those of you who haven’t joined Pinterest yet, this means you can sign up without waiting for an invite: all you have to do is go to Pinterest.com to get started. In addition to using Facebook or Twitter login, we’re also opening registration so you can sign up with just your email address.”

Prior to this, users had to click the “Request for an Invite” button first, before being able to create their account. After Pinterest dropped their invite-only approach, users can now sign in for the social photo-sharing site using their email address, Facebook or Twitter accounts.

Pinterest: History and Beyond

In addition to this, Pinterest announced last July that they’ve added new categories such as Quotes, Tattoos and Weddings. There are also old categories that were tweaked: Pets became Animals, while Prints and Posters is now Illustrations and Posters. It was also reported that the virtual pinboard improved its old categories, so that users see less mis-categorized pins.

Pinterest enables its users to organize and share images of their favorite things on the net. According to previous reports by Experian Hitwise, the social photo-sharing website is the third-largest social network in the US after Facebook and Twitter.

Earlier this year, researchers found out that Pinterest got 21.5 million visits during the weekend through January 28. In relation to this, the website has 60:40 ratio of women to men visitors. However, the report is only based on web traffic rather than unique visitors and mobile users.

In May, the virtual pinboard raised $100 million in a round of funding. In turn, the funding values Pinterest at $1.5 billion. It was led by the Japanese commerce giant Raukten with a $50 million investment. As stated by Raukten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani:

“We see tremendous synergies between Pinterest’s vision and Raukten’s model for e-commerce. Raukten looks forward to introducing Pinterest to the Japanese market as well as other markets around the world.”

As of the moment, Pinterest is looking to expand their overseas market, such as France, Germany and Japan. Previously, the online pinboard is enjoying a mainstream recognition in US, but is making a little headway abroad. The investment they’ve got from Raukten could open doors for Pinterest in Asia. To date, social photo-sharing site has raised $37.5 million in venture capital.

 

Source: Pinterest Home Page

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After hitting the mainstream, online dating has been part of the people’s collective Internet culture. However, the idea of meeting a stranger in person for the first time could make someone uneasy. Good thing, Justin Krause found a solution for this: Meeting the friends of your friends.

Know the Friends of Your Friends

Launched last April, Justin Krause created Circl.es to enable people meet the friends of their friends. Although many people could manage to do this without the aid of the Internet, this could be helpful for those who are having a hard time getting acquainted.

As posted on their homepage: “Circl.es is the simple, efficient, and non-sketchy way to find a date. It limits your exposure and tells you when you’ve seen it all.”

How Circl.es Work

Instead of letting users meet a stranger, Circl.es uses Facebook to find friends of their friends. It won’t ask for their hobbies or interests, as it will only assume that having a common friend with their immediate circle is enough.

This assumption makes sense, since it could mean that both parties could have something in common. After all, a relationship also requires two people to build and establish it together.

The website will present real public Facebook profiles of single people around the user’s vicinity. These are the same profiles that a person sees when he or she clicks on someone’s name on the social network. It will show other Facebook user’s real name, basic information, mutual friends and selected photos. As Krause told Mashable:

“Your real identity is on display. This is the anathema to many old-school online daters, but to the younger Facebook generation, using real identities just makes sense to reduce lying and cut through the crap—and seeing mutual friends, education, and the ways someone is expressing themselves to their friends is infinitely valuable when trying to judge dating potential. It really is a revolution in this one-sketchy corner of social media!”

To find dates, they can simply choose other single users near their location. When other users reciprocate it, they can just send a Facebook message and meet at some place nearby. No need for an excessive exchange of messages, no need to be creepy, and no need to waste your time.

The integration of Facebook enables Circl.es to make sure that they only show legitimate profiles with real names and interests. It also simplifies the signing up process, which only takes up to two minutes.

 

Source: Circl.es Homepage

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