Ramez Naam reading a steamy sex scene from his new sci-fi novel. Glenn Walcott groaning and moaning while doing his best Chewbacca impression. Jenni Hogan talking about penguins. These are just snippets from Wednesday’s first-ever Tech Show, Seattle’s newest tech-centric and entertaining version of a meetup. About 100 or so from the local tech community… Read More…
How do you know when an Internet meme has run its course? Executives do stuff like this at conferences. In the span of two hours today, executives from two Seattle tech startups started their talks at the Seattle Interactive conference with “Gangnam Style” dances. First was Glenn Walcott, president of Seattle-based DoubleDown Interactive, who started… Read More…
Updated with confirmation and details. International Game Technology, which makes real-world casino games and gambling systems, has agreed to pay as much as $500 million to buy Seattle-based Double Down Interactive, a developer of casino-style Facebook games that don’t involve any actual gambling. It’s a major deal that underscores the increasingly blurry line between those… Read More…
It is looking increasingly likely that Americans — at least in some states — will soon be able to wager real dollars via online poker games. Nevada gambling regulators last week approved online gambling within the state’s borders, a move that is seen as a possible harbinger of what’s ahead in other states. Furthermore, the… Read More…
Executives at Double Down Interactive hired a mariachi band to entertain staffers at a company meeting in September — a special treat for hitting one million daily active users on Facebook. And then — amid the tortilla chips and margaritas — the fun really started. CEO and co-founder Greg Enell — along with execs Glenn Walcott… Read More…
Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was Glenn Walcott, president of Seattle startup DoubleDown Interactive, which offers the DoubleDown Casino suite of casino-style casual games, using Facebook as its platform. We talked about the company’s strategy, the games it offers, and dove into the underlying economics of running games on the… Read More…
DoubleDown Interactive now says that more than one million people are playing its social-based casino games on Facebook every day. The 52-person company, which just announced earlier this month that it is expanding into a new headquarters near CenturyLink Field, said that its online traffic is now on par with casinos found on the Vegas… Read More…
DoubleDown Interactive is well, doubling down, on Seattle. The company, maker of one of the top casino games on Facebook, announced today that it is moving its headquarters to Vulcan’s 505 Union Station building near Pioneer Square. It also announced the hiring of Peter Anderson — formerly of Big Fish Games — as vice president… Read More…
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