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Social networks: wild expectations versus grim reality
Here Startup Hipster – the most elusive member of the Berlin Startup Scene, pens his thoughts on the hard-won truths of social networking. It all comes down to stalking, Twitter-induced seizures, food, and Justin Timberlake’s face… There’s
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Pinterest launches Web Analytics for brands, takes one giant leap towards monetisation
Pinterest launched Pinterest Web Analytics yesterday to help brands and marketers see what Pinterest users are doing with their content. It’s a simple and, yes, very Pinteresty take on what brands want to know, and it’s
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Pinterest raises $200M at $2.5B valuation, reportedly
AllThingsD is reporting that Pinterest has raised a $200 million funding round that values the company at $2.5 billion. In other words, the rumors were true. The visual social network’s last round was in May of 2012,
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Views – a rival to Jack Dorsey’s Fancy – braces for launch: “The fashion industry is on the edge of a revolution”
Fashion blogging and finder app Views recently hit beta mode, allowing users to trawl through wares stocked at nearby retail stores. Think of it as a Pinterest meets Fancy but with offline love. Backed
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The Top 10 social media stories that shaped 2012
Social media was inescapable in 2012. Facebook ballooned to 1 billion users, Instagram surpassed critical mass, Twitter took over the presidential election, and Pinterest gave us something new to root for. But we also
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“We work on what we think is cool” – Gumroad’s 20-year-old CEO on leaving Pinterest and his plans to revolutionise online payments
Some of the hottest startups out right now are those in the payments sector – Square, Stripe, Flattr and Braintree are some leading the pack, as well as newcomer Gumroad, which wants to make it as easy to
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“Get a damn good lawyer” – top quotes on VCs, clones and risk-taking from IdeaLab! 2012
This year’s IdeaLab! in Vallendar felt at times like a battle for the hearts and minds of Germany’s future founders. Students from the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management – who independently put on the two-day IdeaLab! conference each year
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Pinterest now pinning in German
German-speaking social media addicts rejoice – social inspiration sensation Pinterest is now available in a native German-language version (as well as a new Dutch release). The additions up the total number of supported languages to seven, as the
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Today’s top headlines: Netflix, Deezer prove internet business just one big game of Risk
It’s all a game of geography in today’s daily digest, with web-based entertainment players Netflix and Deezer expanding across the globe and Rocket Internet putting the pressure on mobile payments startup Stripe with clone
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Five golden secrets of successful social media
Outside of work, social media can be a lot of fun. For business, however, it has become imperative for any marketeer, no matter if for marketing, PR or customer relations purposes. Social media and marketing
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