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Confirmed: Pinterest raises $100 million from Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, previous backers

After we broke the news that visual bookmarking and curation site Pinterest was about to announce a big funding round, with AllThingsD following up with the name of (the only) new backer Rakuten, the Japanese ecommerce giant this morning confirmed … Continue reading

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Confirmed: Pinterest raises $100 million from Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, previous backers

After we broke the news that visual bookmarking and curation site Pinterest was about to announce a big funding round, with AllThingsD following up with the name of (the only) new backer Rakuten, the Japanese ecommerce giant this morning confirmed … Continue reading

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Sure Facebook has 900 million users, but its engagement is smoked by these other sites

Whenever the question of which social network dominates the landscape is raised, it seems as if the same two or three major players are the only sites that ever earn a mention. If you’re judging social networks based solely on … Continue reading

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Twitter opens up its Translation Center for 6 new languages, including Greek and Czech

Twitter’s Translation Center, originally released in February 2011, has just opened up for six new languages: Catalan, Afrikaans, Ukrainian, Greek, Czech and Basque. These six languages were the most requested, and Twitter is currently crowdsourcing translators for all of them. So far, Twitter … Continue reading

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Twitter opens up its Translation Center for 6 new languages, including Greek and Czech

Twitter’s Translation Center, originally released in February 2011, has just opened up for six new languages: Catalan, Afrikaans, Ukrainian, Greek, Czech and Basque. These six languages were the most requested, and Twitter is currently crowdsourcing translators for all of them. So far, Twitter … Continue reading

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