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Pin Instagram photos from Facebook with Pinvolve 

(September 6, 2012) - Are your photos underexposed, overexposed, worth 1000 words or 1000 fans? Pinvolve is helping brands and 80 million Instagram users share vintage-styled photos from Facebook to Pinterest. Pinvolve arranges Facebook posts, Pinterest pins and now Instagram photos on pinboard-like display on Facebook.

Quality visual content on Pinterest and Facebook lead to more re-pins and clicks. Top Instagram users are MTV, Starbucks, Burberry and Nike. These companies understand and are using visual impact for fan engagement, as are 40% of the leading brands now active on Instagram, says a study of brands by Simply Measured.

“Pinvolve is good for businesses because it increases pins and Pinterest followers which increase exposure, branding and eventually revenues,” says Pinvolve CEO Stas Goferman. “I am a visual guy and can appreciate an increase in gorgeous photography posted around the web. Current wisdom shows that photos have a better chance of going viral and promoting your business than words, blog posts and videos,” says Goferman.

Why Instagram and Pinvolve? Instagram is an easy to use photo service that quickly gives pictures a vintage, retro look and color. More than 4 billion Instagram photos have already been shared through mobile phones. But pinning photos from Facebook to Pinterest requires patience, too many steps and was not even possible until Pinvolve.

“To help businesses promote themselves across the web, we looked at what people were using to share photos and decided Instagram was a solid, logical choice to add to our Pinvolve toolbox,” says Goferman. “Brands already collect beautiful imagery on Instagram, either by posting or encourage their fans to tag their brand. By pinning those images and linking photos to a business website, brands can encourage traffic, connect with customers and make more money.”

Comedian to Watch 250 Netflix Movies This Month, Wants Your Picks

Comedian Mark Malkoff has made a name for himself doing weird, attention grabbing stunts on the Internet. You may remember him from his YouTube videos, his Celebrity Sleepovers project (where he spent the night in various Hollywood stars' homes), or from the time he moved into Ikea. Malkoff, a former writer for The Colbert Report, has a new project where he will try to get the most out of his Netflix account over the next month. "I'm curious to see how many films a Netflix subscriber can watch in a month," he said. "Even more I want to see the best value I can get for my $7.99. If I watch 250 films, that works out to about 2.9 cents per film." With over 400 hours of streaming video to watch during the project, Malkoff is taking suggestions through his Twitter and Facebook account and will be documenting the project on his blog. He is also trying to get some actors to watch some of their films with him, so don't be surprised if he has some company over the next month.

Don't Buy This Stuff Right Now

Buying new electronics can be a tricky task. When is the right time to upgrade that old TV that is taking up half your living room, that cellphone that can barely surf the Internet or that laptop that you have been wanting to get rid of for the last three years? You may not care about getting the latest, greatest gadgets, but there is value in knowing when the best time to buy certain electronics is. You could go out and blow your hard-earned cash, only to find out you could have got a thinner, faster, cheaper version of the TV, phone, laptop or digital camera if you had only waited a bit longer. Technology moves very quickly these days, but that doesn't mean you have to get stuck into a cycle of overpaying for devices just because you didn't do a bit of research beforehand. The person in the store or the website you are buying from only has one goal -- to make sure you go home with something. Gizmodo quick breaks down when the best time to purchase electronics. This is the type of information the salesperson in the store isn't going to offer to you on your shopping trip.

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