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Pinterest teams up with brands for more informative pins
Users will know when a pin has more information to share via the new icon that appears below a picture.; for example, recipe pins will include information like cook time and ingredients.
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Expect to see Yahoo ads on Tumblr feeds and memes on Yahoo
Yahoo wants to "introduce a very light ad load" into the Tumblr stream, while there will also be opportunities for Tumblr bloggers to place ads on their blogs, with permission.
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Yahoo refreshes Flickr and grants all users 1TB free storage
Yahoo has launched an Android app for photo-sharing site Flickr, and also ditched the old interface for photos that fill the screen and scroll endlessly.
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Tumblr users reportedly migrate to WordPress over Yahoo acquisition
According to a Sunday blog post by WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg, imports to WordPress from Tumblr spiked even before confirmation of the Yahoo buyout came through.
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OK, Google: Privacy concerns
A feature rolled out at last week's Google I/O could put the company's ear in your office. We chew over the potential privacy issues.
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Mozilla holding off cookie-blocking by default in Firefox
Mozilla has been testing a patch from Jonathan Mayer that would allow cookies from sites that you have visited before, but block those from sites to which you are new to.
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Nintendo placing adverts on gamers' YouTube videos
The games giant is looking to profit from YouTube videos containing its game content by running ads on fan-made Nintendo videos, therefore stripping the creators of any revenue.
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Pinterest now allows users to send pins straight to friends
The social pinboard service this week began rolling out an update that lets you send pins directly to others from the Web or your phone, as well as inserting personal messages.
