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Pinterest hires former Google exec Francoise Brougher as its first COO

By : CIOL Writers

Image-based searching and sharing website Pinterest has hired Francoise Brougher, a former Google executive as its first chief operating officer. She was most recently business lead at Square and prior to that VP of SMB global sales and operations at Google. Brougher,

Pinterest hires Chuck Rosenberg to head its computer vision unit

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Pinterest announced that it is hiring former Google computer vision research head Chuck Rosenberg to be the company’s new head of computer vision department and lead its visual discovery engineering team. Rosenberg, while at Google was responsible for image search and

Pinterest hires former Facebook exec to lead business development

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Pinterest has hired former Facebook exec Gary Johnson to head up all business development. Johnson had been with Facebook for six years, following stints with Credit Suisse, Jefferies & Co. and Apple. In his new role, Johnson will report to Pinterest CFO

Pinterest killing its ‘Like’ button because it isn’t a social network

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Pinterest wants you to know that it isn’t a social network like Facebook or Instagram. And to prove that point, the visual discovery startup is killing off its “Like” button claiming that people often confuse it with the ‘Save’ button despite the fact

Pinterest acquires human-powered search engine Jelly

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After acquiring Instapaper, Pinterest has acquired Jelly Industries, maker of the question-and-answer app Jelly. Jelly, founded in 2014 by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Ben Finkel allows users to ask questions and then uses an algorithm – human-powered search engine

Pinterest hires Google’s Randy Keller as its head of search

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With renewed focus on its visual discovery tools, Pinterest has made an important hire in the form of Google’s former image search veteran, Randy Keller, who led a team of 40 engineers at Google, according to his LinkedIn page. In

Now you can follow the tried and tested Pins on Pinterest

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Saw something inspiring on Pinterest? Want to try it, but afraid how it will turn out to be in reality? Fret not; from now onwards you can follow the tried and tested recipes, fashion style or some DIY method without

Pinterest acquires Instapaper

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Pinterest has acquired Instapaper but says that the app would continue to operate as a separate entity. The Instapaper team including CEO Brian Donohue will join Pinterest where they will work both on the core Pinterest experience and updating Instapaper.

Facebook, Twitter don’t please Americans much now

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While nearly two-thirds of American adults use social media, the ever mushrooming industry falls behind in terms of satisfaction. According to an annual e-business report from the American Customer Satisfaction Index(ACSI), though people are generally pleased with their overall online

Unicorns : Champions and Losers

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Times have changed. It’s a new era for unicorn startups. Silicon Valley markdowns, the perceptive shift towards structured growth-based models, regional backing for domestic solutions, have changed the essential dynamics of how markets are seeing unicorns today. Many if not