Interest in Pinterest

Another social networking site has crossed the threshold from obscurity to international stardom.

10th March, 2012

Internet

If you were late to the Twitter party, only recently joined Facebook or have just discovered Google+, here’s your chance to get in relatively early on the next big social thing. Pinterest is the new wonder of Silicon Valley, a social networking website that has been around since 2009, but just last month crossed that threshold from obscurity to international stardom. How exactly this happens with dotcoms is still a mystery. It seems to involve having a novel idea, great website design and the ability to generate a huge amount of hype. ...

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