Cool cucumber, weathered wood, crocheted doily—apparently these are the makings of the perfect Pinterest picture, according to a year's worth of research provided to Wired by data-crunching startup Curalate. Read More >>
If you aren't already planning out your hypothetical fantasy wedding on digital vision board Pinterest, you may now start doing so: the once invite-only platform is now free for everyone and anyone to join. Great, just great. [Pinterest via TNW] Read More >>
Late last night, a severe electrical storm struck over Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC, halting train traffic and felling trees. Sites and apps such as Pinterest and Instagram were affected, but sadly six people died, too. Read More >>
Pinterest takes everything superficial, materialistic, and empty in us, and gives those instincts a safe place to run wild. It's sort of like a swinger's club, only for cupcake lust instead of libido. But what if it existed offline? Homicide. Read More >>
Pinterest would probably not have been quite the runaway hit had it started life in the 90s. As this advert demonstrates, it loses some of its appeal when users have to wait a couple of months to get an updated CD-ROM with what's fashionable. There's nothing more embarrassing than showing up to a party wearing a B.U.M. sweater that went passe two weeks ago. Read More >>
When the domain Sex.com sold for the ungodly sum of £8 million, we assumed that the new owners had something special in mind. Something that would revolutionise the already enjoyable activity of watching porn. Behold! The future of porn is... another porn Pinterest? Read More >>
Have Facebook? Hate Timeline? Love Pinterest? Good. If you want to combine your interestingly social world with your socially interesting world, you can hack your Facebook Profile to look like an exact replica of a Pinterest page. Here's how. Read More >>
Your friends and family are going to die. Probably later, but maybe sooner. That much is certain. Another certainty is that, when it happens, we'll all still be using some form of social media. Here's how to grieve digitally, with dignity. Read More >>
It's no secret that Google desperately wants Google+ to be the cornerstone of how you use the internet. The problem? No one's taking the bait. It might be time for something drastic. Something like backing up several truckloads of cash to buy Pinterest, a social network crammed full of 10 million people who actually want to be there. Read More >>
And you thought Pinterest was only useful for lonely pastry fantasy. This anonymous conman talked to the Daily Dot, and boy does he have an easy job: fooling Pinterest's lonely materialists into clicking Amazon spam links. For money.Read More >>
We’ve heard a lot about Pinterest recently; it’s certainly a hot topic around the internets at the moment. Now the Daily Mail’s gotten involved, but has seemingly grabbed the wrong end of the stick, phoning the late Harold Pinter’s widow for a statement on the interesting website supposedly named after him. Read More >>
Karl Jo Seilern is the CEO of Pinspire (right), a 99% ripoff of mysteriously super-popular Pinterest (left). They look the same, sound the same, are the same; only one of them is a German clone! So we talked to Karl. Read More >>
Goddammit if we haven't heard too much about Pinterest—the word itself is irksome. But for many, that annoyance is doubled by the fact that we don't even really know what it is. So, let's figure that out. Read More >>
Pinterest! It is the hottest social media whatever the hell it is out there. Is there a Pinterest button on this site yet? (No? Colin, please get on that!) Because Pinterest should be everywhere, and everything should be Pinterest. Read More >>
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