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We’re probably the last big website. As far as I know, we’re the last startup to become high-profile on the Web.
Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp in an interview with Liz Gannes.
He might be right, because everything now seems to be mobile-first or mobile-only.
Liz Gannes on Theodore F. Schroeder’s “Pinterest-was-my-idea” lawsuit:
Plus, Schroeder said, Rendezvoo had a “pink and purple color scheme to attract female users,” and Pinterest is now well-known for its appeal to women.
Sounds like a great case.
Last one is the best.
(via really-shit)
Sounds about right.
(via lilly)
On one hand, this is the first thing in some time that I recall Flickr doing that is both smart and forward-thinking.
On the other hand, it’s sort of sad that the once-dominant photos service has to try to ride on the wave of the hot, new photo-based service.
This is a smart way to integrate with Pinterest while they work on a proper API — it’s similar to how some apps passed photos to Instagram before they had a proper mobile write API (which is still limited to Hipstamatic, I believe).
Here’s a quick video showing how it works.
I get the feeling that Pinterest write API access for mobile will be huge. Huge as in, a lot of startups are going to integrate it before they worry about something like Google+. It will be Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest.
Snapguide parent Heavy Bits is a CrunchFund portfolio company. Mainly because they’re awesome.
