Daily Crunch: Did Bolt Mobility bolt? The startup left equipment and confused customers in its wake
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Pinterest debuts a new app, Shuffles, for collage-making and moodboards
Pinterest may be best known for shopping inspiration and design ideas, but the company’s newest product wants to inspire its users to tap into their own creativity. The company has…
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Is the advertising market in trouble?
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Pinterest launches new shopping features for merchants
Pinterest announced today that it’s rolling out new merchant features, including product tagging on Pins and a Pinterest API for Shopping. The company says all of the new features are…
This Week in Apps: Period tracking app privacy, Snapchat’s paid subscription, calls for TikTok ban
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues…
Promoted grabs more funding to help e-commerce marketplaces achieve profitability
For many marketplaces, those search, recommendation and ad functions are typically siloed, but Promoted has them all under one umbrella.
After a 12-year run, Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann is stepping down from his perch as CEO of the popular image and link-sharing service. Following word of Silbermann’s departure, Pinterest’s stock…
Daily Crunch: Truth Social says federal grand jury probe could block its planned SPAC merger
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California judge upholds a case against Pinterest over a marketer’s contribution to initial concepts
Last week, a California judge dismissed Pinterest’s motion to dismiss a case over a marketer’s claim that she wasn’t compensated for her ideas that helped form the company. However, Judge…
Pinterest turns its TikTok-like Idea Pins into ads
Last year, Pinterest began its pivot from being an online image board to being more of a creator platform with the launch of Idea Pins. The new feature allows Pinterest…
Amazon gets into AR shopping with launch of ‘Virtual Try-On for Shoes’
Amazon is tapping into augmented reality in an attempt to appeal to sneakerheads shopping its site. The retailer this morning announced a new feature called Virtual Try-On for Shoes that…
This Week in Apps: WWDC preview, hitting the Top Charts, Instagram’s AMBER Alerts
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues…
Pinterest acquires AI-powered shopping startup The Yes, co-founded by former Stitch Fix exec
As Pinterest sets its eyes on improving the online shopping experience on its platform, the company announced this afternoon it’s acquiring the AI-powered shopping service for fashion known as The…
The age of the centaur: $100M ARR is the new cloud valuation milestone
As the public cloud market pulls back, VCs and founders alike must prioritize recurring revenue over sky high valuations that are often as mythical as the unicorns they’re named after.
Pinterest quietly launches a livestreaming app for video creators
Pinterest on Monday launched a new app aimed at making it easier for creators to livestream to its platform. The new Pinterest TV Studio app for iOS and Android will…
Pinterest addresses the TikTok threat in its first quarter earnings
Pinterest may have beat on revenue and earnings in the first quarter, but the company is not out of the woods yet when it comes to carving out a place…
Mavrck raises $135M, buys Linkin.bio maker Later in creator and influencer marketing consolidation
Some believe that online marketing and advertising, as we largely think of them today, are dying a slow death and is getting replaced by something else: the rise of the…
Over 14,000 Etsy sellers are going on strike to protest increased transaction fees
If you’re in the market for funky trinkets and unique, handmade clothing, you might want to put off your shopping until next week. Starting today, more than 14,000 Etsy sellers…
Daily Crunch: Citing ‘uncertain mortgage market,’ Better.com rolls out employee buyout plan
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Pinterest bans all climate change misinformation on its platform
Pinterest announced today it’s becoming the first major digital platform to introduce a comprehensive misinformation policy designed to combat false and misleading claims around climate change on its platform. According…
London’s By Rotation is taking its P2P fashion rental app stateside
Fashion rental platforms had a tough time during the pandemic as in-person events evaporated and office workers ditched their smarts to collectively slip into comfy loungewear. But as the pandemic…
Daily Crunch: Citing ‘global market uncertainties,’ Sea flatlines Shopee India
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Pinterest to invest an additional $1.2 million in its Creator Fund for underrepresented groups
As competition heats up for creator talent, Pinterest today announced it was more than doubling its initial investment in its Creator Fund with an additional $1.2 million in a combination…
Pinterest now lets creators export their video content to other platforms
In an effort to help Pinterest creators better reach their wider audience across social media, the company today is launching a new feature for its Idea Pins — its video-first…
This Week in Apps: Apps blocking Russia, Walmart adds virtual try-on, Netflix’s trivia game
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues…
Papier inks $50M Series C to in a run to lead the online stationery market
Papier, a startup leveraging technology to bring very non-tech products into the world, has raised some funding to continue expanding its business on the heels of strong demand for its…
Fast-growing livestream shopping platform Whatnot acquires Pastel Labs, hires VP of engineering
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has come a long way from being run out of a garage in Phoenix to now a 120-person company, valued at $1.5 billion, that’s expected to…
Wayflyer raises $150M on a $1.6B valuation for a new spin on providing loans to e-commerce merchants
E-commerce has continued to boom in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but running an e-commerce business has also become significantly more chaotic, with unpredictable supply chains, logistics hiccups and…
Daily Crunch: Citrix to be acquired by Vista and Evergreen/Elliott in $16.5B all-cash deal
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An app developer’s lawsuit over rejections and scammers is allowed to proceed, judge rules
A lawsuit over App Store abuses has been given the green light to proceed, at least on some fronts. The case, filed in California’s Superior Court in Santa Clara County…
