Pinterest sees user base double in first quarter

Social networking site Pinterest, which allows users to share images on a virtual noticeboard, has experienced a significant spike in interest in the past three months. This is according to data complied by marketing agency Tamba, which revealed the number of unique...

Student develops ‘descriptive camera’

A camera that uses printer supplies to produce a text description of what it has taken a picture of has been developed by a US student. The machine uploads images to the internet, where users of Amazon's Mechanical Turk service produce a description that is sent...