Pinterest Unveils Its New Spam-Fighting Tool

Marty Weiner, employee Number Two at Pinterest, needed a better way to fight spam on the popular internet-scrapbooking site. At one point, he asked Mike Krieger, the co-founder of another up-and-coming online social network—Instagram—how he handled the problem.

Pinterest kills affiliate links, making monetization difficult for bloggers

Pinterest has begun removing affiliate links, redirects and trackers on pins from today,reports VentureBeat.

The move won’t visibly affect users’ posts on the social network, but the tracking links will be stripped.

Install the best new iPhone and iPad apps from Pinterest

Over the years, we’ve added extra info to Pins to make them even more useful. Recipe Pins list ingredients and cook time, product Pins show you price and availability, and article Pins give you a headline and story description.

Aiming to Ease App Discovery, Apple Pairs With Pinterest

There are more than 1.4 million mobile applications in Apple’s App Store. This is a good thing for Apple’s customers, because the choices are practically endless. This is also a bad thing for Apple’s customers, because the choices are practically endless.