Pinterest: News

31 Aug 2022

Snapchat

Crisis-hit Snap plans to axe over 1,000 employees

Things are not going well at the Snap Inc. headquarters in Santa Monica, California. The company is planning to lay off approximately 20% of its employees, people close to the matter told The Verge.

Former Pinterest COO claims she was fired after reporting sexism

The former Chief Operating Officer at Pinterest Inc., Francoise Brougher, has alleged in a lawsuit that she was fired in April after she addressed gender discrimination at the workplace.

12 Aug 2020

Xiaomi

NewsBytes Briefing: TikTok collected data violating Android policies, and more

In the updates since last night, The Wall Street Journal published a report detailing the behavior of TikTok since 2018.

19 Jun 2020

Android

Meet Keen, Google's experimental AI-powered Pinterest rival

Despite being the internet giant it is, Google has struggled to make its mark in the social media space.

08 Feb 2020

iOS

You can now try on lipstick (virtually) before buying

Unlike celebrities and fashion bloggers, the regular buyers like us can't buy every makeup product we want before testing, because of, well, monetary and other restrictions.

29 Jun 2018

Amazon

Amazon Spark: Amazon's social-media platform you have never heard about

Amazon Spark is a lesser known feature inside the Amazon app that offers Prime members in the US a shopping-focused social network-type experience.

14 Feb 2018

Gmail

Google has changed emails massively, and it's here to stay

Google is bringing its accelerated mobile pages (AMP) capabilities to email through a developer preview for Gmail.

17 Mar 2017

Facebook

China's decision to block Pinterest comes as a major surprise

Pinterest- a website that shares images of various ideas, objects and events, came under the radar of Chinese Internet Laws. China has decided to block Pinterest.