Pinterest Inc.
Pinterest (Pin-tũr-ĕst) is a vision board-styled social photo sharing website and app where users can create and manage theme-based image collections. The mission statement of Pinterest is to connect everyone in the world through shared tastes and the “things” they find interesting. Pinterest is managed by a team based out of Palo Alto, California. Noted entrepreneurs and investors include: Jack Abraham, Michael Birch, Scott Belsky, Shana Fisher, Ron Conway, Kevin Hartz, Jeremy Stoppelman, Hank Vigil, and Fritz Lanman.
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]
Pins may be divided into pictures, videos, discussions, and gifts. A pin is an image added to Pinterest.
Pictures consist of subcategories of: architecture, art, cars & motorcycles, design, DIY & crafts, education, film, music & books, fitness, food & drink, gardening, geek, hair & beauty, history, home décor, humor, kids, my life, women’s apparel, men’s apparel, outdoors, people, pets, photography, print & posters, products, science & nature, sports, technology, travel & places, wedding & events, other, everything.
Gifts are subdivided into: $1-20, $20-50, $50-100, $100-200, $200-500, $500+. [2]
I hate it dont go there
Love Kaden Huxoll from Cambridge Nebraska
Activity
Pinterest is created with the aim of ease of access with further instruction under what is Pinterest?, pin etiquette, help, press, team, terms, etc.
Pins may be added from a website using the “Pin It” button or as an image uploaded from a personal computer.
A Pinterest member may create a board. A board is a set of pins created on any given topic. Suggested boards include: products I love, favorite places & spaces, books worth reading, my style, for the home, food.
A pinterest member may also “like” a pin which is saved to their homepage but not “re-pinned” for their followers to automatically see.
Pinterest can be accessed by adding the “pin it” button to the desktop bookmark bar, “follow me” and “pin it” button added to personal website or blog pages, and Pinterest for iPhone available through the App Store. Pinterest can also be followed on the official blog, Twitter, and Facebook. [3]
Pinterest allows users to follow other Pinterest users. A Tastemakers page exists to suggest relevant users to follow.[1]
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.[4]
The Pinterest app for iPhone is developed by Cold Brew Labs and was last updated in August 2011.[5] The company also has a mobile website.
In October 2011, the company secured $27 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, which valued the company at USD$200 million.[6]
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.
- ↑ www.pinterest.com
- ↑ www.pinterest.com/about/
- ↑ Harry McCracken: The 50 Best Websites of 2011. Time Inc., 16. August 2011, abgerufen am 21. August 2011.
- ↑ Pinterest. In: Pinterest. iTunes App Store, abgerufen am 2. November 2011.
- ↑ http://allthingsd.com/20111007/exclusive-pinterest-set-to-close-a-new-round-with-andreessen-horowitz-valuing-start-up-at-200m/