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Has President Obama joined Pinterest?

Obama may have just joined Pinterest, where Fake Obama is already pinning past Rick Santorum's vest collection and Fake Mitt Romney.  

On Feb 29, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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PinClout says it measures your influence on Pinterest

The founder of PinClout says his site measures your influence on Pinterest—and that it has nothing to do with the similarly-named company, Klout.

On Feb 27, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Pinterest cofounders create secret new profiles

To better understand how new users feel, Pinterest cofounders Ben Silbermann and Evan Sharp deleted their old profiles and started fresh. 

On Feb 27, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Flickr allows users to opt out of pinning

Flickr may not be the third largest traffic source to Pinterest much longer, as the Yahoo-owned photo community created an option for users to block pinning. 

On Feb 27, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Dot Dot Dot: The Pinternet of things

On Pinterest, nobody loses. It’s a pin-pin situation. Everybody pins!

On Feb 23, 2012 by Owen Thomas

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Use Pinterest, improve your grades

A University of Minnesota campus newspaper reports on innovative uses of social networks.

On Feb 23, 2012 by Kris Holt

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Fancy just might be the Pinterest for the 1%

Where Pinterest is for looking and dreaming, Fancy is for buying.

On Feb 23, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Pinterest’s worst nightmare is its dream user (exclusive)

Meet Allison Tyler. In an exclusive interview, the creator of WTF, Pinterest? explains why she loves the site she critiques so sharply.

On Feb 23, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Conservative blogger impersonates Michelle Obama on Pinterest

The Cosmopolitan Conservative, Adrienne Rover, mocks the First Lady with snarky and unbecoming pins. 

On Feb 22, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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How to hijack popular brands on Pinterest for free publicity

Through a kink in Pinterest's collaboration option, it's easy to make inactive celebrities and brands appear to endorse your pinboards. 

On Feb 22, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Pinterest gets political with Mitt Romney pinboards

Forget the parodies: Pinterest users are now providing visual commentary on the GOP candidate's campaign lifestyle.

On Feb 21, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Why Pinterest is addicting for everyone

Critics may have pegged Pinterest as "Facebook for Women," but the photo-sharing network truly takes all kinds. 

On Feb 21, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Pinterest caps captions at 500 characters

The change, per one popular petition, will prevent users from posting entire tutorials or recipes.

On Feb 20, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Are you breaking the law on Pinterest?

While Pinterest encourages users to link and attribute pins, that may not be enough to avoid copyright issues. 

On Feb 20, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini

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Pinterest fesses up about affiliate links

Ben Silbermann, Pinterest's hard-to-find CEO, called a blogger who discovered the site was adding sneaky links to make money—and said the site had stopped the practice.

On Feb 17, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini