Can Pinterest prevail in e-commerce?

Pinterest was the latest technology company to announce it was ushering in a new top executive. Co-founder and CEO Ben Silbermann said that senior Google executive Bill Ready will take over the top job at the social media company. Previously, Ready was the president of payments and commerce at Google, where he was in charge of developingits marketplace and testing out videos and ad units conducive for shopping across Google’s suite of platforms.Silbermann will become executive chairman at Pinterest, where he will be responsible for longer-term strategy. Read more…