Pinterest Inc.
Pinterest is a vision board-styled social photo sharing website where users can create and manage theme-based image collections. Privacy Copyright Terms What is Pinterest? Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard. Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.
Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. To get started, request an invite.
What Can You Do with Pinterest?
Redecorate your Home! Joy uses Pinterest to save decorating ideas for her new home in LA. She saves patterns, furniture, and accessories that catch her eye.
Plan a Wedding! Divya and Ben use Pinterest to plan their wedding. Their Moms can leave comments about the dresses, flowers, and ties they pin up.
Find your Style! Tim uses Pinterest to share his personal style. He pins clothing, shoes and accessories he finds while browsing stores and fashion blogs.
Save your Inspirations! Sha uses Pinterest to save design inspirations for his job. He can reference inspiring design work to share with his team at Trulia.
Save Your Recipes! Jessica uses Pinterest to discover new gluten free recipes. She always has a collection of tasty appetizers and desserts she can cook when she’s hungry and looking for ideas. Our Mission Our goal is to connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting. We think that a favorite book, toy, or recipe can reveal a common link between two people. With millions of new pins added every week, Pinterest is connecting people all over the world based on shared tastes and interests.
Design
Users label and create theme-based image boards. Users can populate their own boards with media found online using the Pin It button.[1]
Pinterest allows users to follow other Pinterest users. A Tastemakers page exists to suggest relevant users to follow.[1]
Links to facebook and twitter. Is very similar to a social networking site through the use of "boards" and "pins". Possible to follow different users
History
Work on Pinterest began in December 2009 and the site achieved closed beta status in March 2010. The site proceeded to operate in invitation-only open beta. Later, the site made registration possible after an email request. On 16 August 2011, Time magazine published Pinterest in its "50 Best Websites of 2011" column.[2]
In October of 2011, the company secured 27 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, which valued the company at USD$200 million.[3]
References
External links
- ↑ a b Melanie Warner Spencer: Pinning: These are a few of my favorite things. Hearst Communications Inc., 11. August 2011, abgerufen am 21. August 2011.
- ↑ Harry McCracken: The 50 Best Websites of 2011. Time Inc., 16. August 2011, abgerufen am 21. August 2011.
- ↑ http://allthingsd.com/20111007/exclusive-pinterest-set-to-close-a-new-round-with-andreessen-horowitz-valuing-start-up-at-200m/