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Xiaomi’s key to smartphone success: ‘Be friends with our fans’

Xiaomi executives Hugo Barra, left, and Lin Bin address journalists in San Francisco. Josh Miller/CNET For Xiaomi, customers aren’t just nameless, faceless people. They’re more like friends. Four years ago, the upstart Chinese phone-maker had 100 customers. Today, it has over 100 million. Ask co-founder and president Lin Bin and he’ll tell you an important ingredient in the company’s success …

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Pinterest ditches marketers’ links, may be planning ‘buy’ button

Pinterest may be more actively seeking ways to make money off its popularity. Pinterest Pinterest, which lets people “pin” photos, websites, products and other items on virtual boards for others to see, has begun removing links to third-party marketing networks, possibly as part of a plan to boost revenue. Pinterest has informed “power pinners” that pins will not be removed …

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