Pinterest valued at $7.7B
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Yes, but Google paid Apple to be the default search engine (estimates of $1 BILLION) which is why Apple recently got a subpoena from the FTC. Apple can keep squeezing more $$ out of them as long as the government allows it.
No, that figure is from some bogus website calculator.
Jesus, that entire article is bogus and purely written for linkbait!
are you selling any shares?
how much for like 1000 mg of ownership? maybe you cut me a deal since I know you bro...
"but with Apple getting rid of them for search & maps"
Who are they switching to? Bing?
I foresee Google trying to pick up Pinterest at some point to integrate it with Google images.
This also has the potential to be the biggest crash and burn fad website of all time.
This also has the potential to be the biggest crash and burn fad website of all time.
Yes the potential is always there. But at least they were smart enough to provide a "Pin It" button for webmasters to place on their site.
No body is going to give a shit about any of this 5 years from now when we are all eating each other for food.
It looks like Google lost the default position in China (but they are not the #1 search engine in China) and it looks like they are going to be dumping the Google Maps for Open Maps (an Open source project apple so nicely didnt give any credit to)
So I guess it looks like for now they still have a billion dollar a year deal to remain default so I guess time will tell what happens
iOS devices include iPads and iPods in those numbers, which aren't phones which is what I was specifically thinking of when I wrote that. As far as mobile phone share goes, Android is beating Apple hands down and the deluge of handsets from other manufacturers will continue to eat into their numbers Android Phones Pass 700,000 Activations Per Day, Approaching 250 Million Total | TechCrunch
The VC's ultimately determine when to exit due to board control. They got greedy and hopefully now they are regretting it. It's called Vulture Capital for a reason.