The image and video social bookmarking site Pinterest launched a travel-planning tool last Wednesday at its headquarters in San Francisco. The company has called it Place Pins. The feature allows users, or Pinners, to pin articles and images about attractions and interesting spots on geotagged maps on their pinboards.

LinkedIn has used its blog to announce a new marketing initiative with the introduction of what they have called Showcase Pages on the website.

Matt Cutts is seeking feedback about adding new features and improving Google’s Webmaster tools. In a personal blog post today, the head of search spam offered some of his thoughts while asking for user opinion to guide 2014 enhancements.

David Cameron will no doubt be feeling a little embarrassed and quietly furious. It has come to light that he has been inadvertently following a London escort agency on a Twitter account at No 10.

A year on from launching as a mobile app, the Candy Crush game continues to pull in thousands of new players daily and is keeping its followers totally obsessed. Candy Crush is apparently so addictive that it has attributed to neglected housework, children being stranded at school and even repetitive strain injuries.

Using a new service from Twitter just launched in the UK emergency services are able to tweet alerts in times of danger and risk to life.

Hummingbird flew from the Google cage unannounced about a month ago and quietly began influencing how search results are displayed. When the update was finally publicised just this month, it was accompanied by the inevitable outbreak of apprehension and uncertainty. What if another Panda or Penguin was on the loose? Everyone in the internet community needed an answer; should they be concerned?

The personal information of thousands is at risk as a result of a hacking campaign against a number of federal agency computer systems. A Reuters report states that an FBI memo issues a warning that the “Anonymous” group have exploited a security flaw in the Adobe Systems Software.

Written.com, a new start-up out of Austin, Texas, announced this week that it has raised $1 million in seed capital. The funding is contributed by LiveOak Venture Partners, Floodgate and a number of angel backers. The Company provides a platform for marketers to connect with existing highly-engaged audiences for their products and services.

Internet marketers have received a warning from Google’s Matt Cutts that mobile sites will soon attract demotion factors for slow loading times. There has been forewarning since 2010 of the increasing importance of loading speed in relation to search engine ranking.