Pinterest Brings Place Pins to iPad, GIFs to Mobile

Pinterest updated both its mobile and iPad apps on Friday, offering some of its most recent product updates to mobile users

Updates to the iOS and Android apps now support GIFs, a feature that Pinterest unveiled in late January. Pinterest said at the time that there are "tens of millions" of GIFs on the platform, and those will now be playable on mobile devices

Pinterest also rolled out a new version of the company's iPad app on Friday, meaning users can now interact with Place Pins through the app

Place Pins are another relatively new feature for Pinterest. The company unveiled Place Pins, or pins that contain geo-location information, back in November. At the time, Pinterest highlighted trip planning as a major use of Place Pins. For example, users could map out the locations of sights and restaurants in a city they are planning to visit, or keep a map of their favorite food joints from their hometown Read more...