Mashable reports that Pinterest has announced that it is bringing back a number of features from the previous version of the site, which includes the ability to find out pins for the users you follow and also the ability to mention your friends by typing "@" before their name. Read More

CNET reports that Pinterest has acquired Livestar, a 2-year-old mobile application for recommendations for restaurants, movies, and music, the companies said. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. . Read More

Reuters reports that Pinterest is rolling out its Web Analytics tool, which will enable businesses to know the number of visitors that are connecting via pins that result from their websites. . Read More

Pinterest, the company behind the popular pinboard-style social photo sharing site, has raised $200 million in a new round of funding that values the three-year-old company at $2.5 billion. New investor Valiant Capital Management led the round, which also included previous backers Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and FirstMark Capital. Read More

New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the venture capital firm, has led a new $3 million round of funding for Philadelphia-based Curalate, the developer of an analytics and marketing platform for social media site Pinterest. First Round Capital and MentorTech Ventures also took part in the company's first round, which followed a $750,000 seed round from the same three investors. . Read More

Dawn Chmielewski and Jessica Guynn of The LA Times today posted an interesting article on the evolving relationship between Facebook and the film industry suggesting that "Hollywood's friendship with Facebook is showing signs of strain.". Read More

The White House has joined Pinterest, the site for maintaining and sharing virtual scrapbooks, in the latest online move from an institution that prides itself on social engagement with the citizenry. Read More