Buy buy buy: Why all of your favorite social networks want you to shop now

What are you doing on social networks? Chatting with friends? What does that do for the American economy? Nothing, that's what

Silicon Valley has a better idea: instead of liking baby photos, why aren't you shopping? Yes, it's the e-commerce moment for social media companies like Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, which we always knew would monetize our narcissistic clicking

On Tuesday, Pinterest and Instagram both announced plans to introduce "Buy It" and "Shop Now" buttons, respectively, with the promise of convincing their millions and millions of users to shift from browsing to shopping on the social networks Read more...