The city of Seattle is top notch when it comes to releasing data about everything from traffic to education to finance, and Facebook wants to take advantage of that. Tomorrow,… Read More
[Love sports and technology? Sign up for our sports tech newsletter to receive this rundown from GeekWire’s Taylor Soper via email every week.] TAYLOR’S TAKE: There’s only one place this… Read More
Facebook just notched a big win for its collaboration tool Workplace by Facebook, landing the nation’s largest employer, Walmart. Typically, these types of tolls are associated with office workers. But Walmart is… Read More
Microsoft, Facebook and a subsidiary of Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica have completed the highest-capacity undersea cable to travel across the Atlantic, capable of carrying data under the ocean at speeds of… Read More
Faced with the decision over whether to adhere to its standard of protecting user content or to help safeguard the integrity of U.S. elections, Facebook says it has chosen the… Read More
Audio has always been a crucial and necessary component of video games and movies. But with the advent of virtual reality, the importance of sound and how it can enhance the… Read More
A new analysis by Facebook into whether Russia tried to interfere with last fall’s U.S. presidential election by purchasing ads on the social media network has found a connection between… Read More
As tropical storm Harvey continues to take its toll on Texas, tech companies from around the nation are pitching in to help the rescue and relief efforts. Both Amazon and… Read More
What’s your go-to streaming service? Netflix still reigns supreme when it comes to watching shows online, but Hulu, Amazon and others have been gaining ground. Now the field has two… Read More
Facebook has launched its first ad product designed specifically for residential real estate brokerages. “Dynamic Ads for Real Estate,” first reported by real estate news site Inman News, allow real… Read More
Facebook has acquired Ozlo, a two-year-old startup that developed an AI-powered chatbot assistant and was headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., with a sizable office in Seattle. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed… Read More
If you’re a Facebook user, you’ve probably used your Facebook account to log into another site or app, or clicked the Facebook share or like button on a news site.… Read More
Facebook reported its 2017 second quarter earnings today. Here’s what you need to know: Facebook reported GAAP earnings per share of $1.32 on revenue of $9.32 billion, up 45 percent year-over-year. Analysts expected… Read More
It’s one thing to live on Facebook in a virtual sense, as 2 billion people worldwide do on a monthly basis. But now the social media giant wants to expand… Read More
Facebook has been heavily promoting ways to bring companies into Messenger conversations, with groups like Subway and the Golden State Warriors already on board, and now the social media giant… Read More
As of this morning, Facebook says there are a staggering 2 billion people worldwide using the social network every month. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the milestone in a few… Read More
Bleacher Report CEO Dave Finocchio has some advice for Facebook. Speaking at the 2017 GeekWire Sports Tech Summit the co-founder of what has become the second largest sports website in… Read More
As promised, some of the world’s top tech CEOs from companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Google and many others met with President Donald Trump today, and some appeared to enjoy… Read More
Follow-up: What happened inside President Trump’s meeting with top tech CEOs An all-star contingent of tech CEOs will meet Monday with President Donald Trump, as well as other top federal… Read More
Oculus, the virtual reality company owned by Facebook, has upped its presence in the Seattle area. Citing two sources who did not want to be identified, the Puget Sound Business Journal… Read More
People looking to celebrate Pride this month got a few new tools from Facebook to aid in that effort, including photo filters, reaction emojis and more. In a blog post… Read More
Abundant clean energy sources, business friendly tax incentives, and new undersea fiber-optic cables will keep the Pacific Northwest as one of the most important regions in the U.S. data center… Read More
Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report is out, and the 355-page dive into all things tech shows just how big some of the world’s leading tech companies have become. The… Read More
Dexter Station, a 10-story building in Seattle’s South Lake Union that is home to Facebook’s new Frank Gehry-designed office, just sold for a hefty price tag: $286 million. The deal… Read More
European regulators levied a fine against Facebook of $110 million euros — or $122 million U.S. — for providing “misleading information” related to the social network’s acquisition of WhatsApp in… Read More
On Feb. 7, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg received a particularly satisfying email. She had just announced that Facebook was increasing its bereavement leave from 10 to 20 days for the… Read More
Sheryl Sandberg, the influential chief operating officer of Facebook and best-selling author, is the latest guest to chat with Zillow CEO Spencer Rascoff on his podcast “Office Hours.” The episode, recorded… Read More
Facebook reported its 2017 first quarter earnings today. Here’s what you need to know: Facebook reported GAAP earnings per share of $1.04 on revenue of $8 billion, up 49 percent year-over-year. Analysts… Read More
Facebook-owned Oculus VR has found a new head of computer vision, replacing Dov Katz, who was arrested last year for allegedly attempting to solicit sex from a police officer posing… Read More
Apple passed a new milestone Tuesday — reporting more than $256 billion in cash and marketable securities. That’s a lot of iPhones and iPads, but perhaps more notably, it’s more cash… Read More