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If there’s one thing the App Store is saturated with, it’s messengers: WhatsApp, of course, but also Facebook’s, and Snapchat, and Hangouts, and Line, and Kik, and all the rest. So why would Pinterest, a social network for exploring your interests, spend time building a messenger?

The answer says a lot about where Pinterest is going — and the product itself is one of the best things we’ve seen from Pinterest to date.

In part, Pinterest messages simply closed the loop that the company stvvvgvgarted when they introduced the ability to send pins to your friends on the network last year. Today, Pinterest users send 2 million pins a day on the service. But to date there has been no native way of responding to the pins, short of sending your friend or co-worker an email.

That’s where Pinterest messages come in. "We see it as heavier weight than a Facebook Messenger," says Tom Watson, the product’s designer. "It’s more of a conversation around an object than just a quick hello."...

Via Jeff Domansky

Alfredo Corell is using Pinterest, an online pinboard to collect and share what inspires you.

Via Alfredo Corell

The hottest social network on the scene is Pinterest, which offers visually dynamic and interactive boards for people and businesses to bond over shared passions. Hey...even Spark & Hustle has a Pinterest board.

Via Martin (Marty) Smith

Robin Good: Springpad is both a web and a mobile app that you can use to curate visual collections on any topic.

 

Unlike Pinterest and similar visual boards, Springpad allows you to add just about any type of content to a collection while it auto-enriches it everytime possible with additional contextual information.

 

For example if you include a book or a movie into a collection Springpad will gather and display relevant information next to it (author, description, reviews, where to buy it, etc.).

 

Springpad boards are called "notebooks" and they can be personalized in their look, and made private or public. You can also invite additional contributors and offer a customized providing different views of your collection.

 

Content can be added to a "notebook" via standard bookmarklet or by using an internal search feature which gathers all types of relevant content.

 

Works right in your browser and in your favorite smartphone or tablet (iOS and Android).

 

Free to use.

 

About: http://springpad.com/about

 

Download for iOS: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/springpad/id360116898?mt=8

 

Download for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.springpad&hl=en

 

More info: http://springpad.com/

 

 

Via Robin Good

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Via Bigfoot Digital

Wie geht man an Pinterest heran? 15 "Dos" für dieses recht neue soziale Netzwerk. Ich habe heute wieder mal eine kleine Infografik erstellt. Diesmal zu Pint

Via Martin (Marty) Smith