What were the top tech stories of the past decade? I’ve been discussing this topic with others recently on LinkedIn, and as I was editing GeekWire contributing writer Christopher Budd’s… Read More
David Shim’s entrepreneurial journey took a wild turn in 2019. The longtime Seattle techie sold his location analytics startup Placed to Snapchat parent Snap in 2017 for a reported $135… Read More
Update 6:13pm PT: Google sounded the all-clear at 5:09 pm PT, saying that all service had been restored. Our original story follows below. Six weeks after Google dubiously claimed it… Read More
It’s probably been a few years since you’ve “checked in” on Foursquare at your favorite restaurant, pub or hotel. But the one-time popular location-based social network is still alive, and… Read More
Snap is teaming up with news discovery organizations to help push user-generated out beyond the confines of its Snapchat app. The social media company is partnering with NewsWhip, Storyful, SAM… Read More
Google took a turn in the cloud doghouse Tuesday afternoon, after several issues forced popular consumer sites like Spotify, Snapchat, and Pokemon Go offline for about 40 minutes. Users started… Read More
Our kids are growing up behind the screens of their smartphones. What they’re looking at and how often is the subject of the latest Pew Research Center survey on teens,… Read More
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Snapchat parent company Snap is giving the Spectacles experiment another go. Today, the company unveiled the second generation of the wearable camera, with some design changes, better download speeds and… Read More
[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every episode, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up… Read More
Snapchat parent company Snap may be gearing up to release a new version of its Spectacle video sunglasses. Overnight, an application from Snap for a “wearable video camera” with the Federal… Read More
Snapchat parent company Snap beat Wall Street expectations for the first time in its fourth quarter as a public company. Shares in the social media company spiked Tuesday, rising 22 percent in… Read More
LAS VEGAS — People love the next trendy thing. Until they don’t. Just off the Strip in Las Vegas, Snap is clinging to the hope that people will still want… Read More
Technology has its ups and downs. Sometimes new gadgets and tech devices are revolutionary and change the way we live. But sometimes, they just plain flop. That was the case… Read More
Snapchat parent Snap has redesigned its social app to draw a clear line between users’ friends and brands that the company says “separates the social from the media.” The new… Read More
King County Elections designed and purchased Snapchat filters for ballot boxes around the Seattle area, anticipating the existential question of millennials: If you didn’t Snap it, did it really happen?… Read More
OK, OK, I’m sorry for that headline. But if you had to write a story about an $80 Halloween costume based on a social media hot dog filter … well,… Read More
Blue Friday in Seattle usually means you or your co-workers are wearing Seattle Seahawks jerseys or some such to work in preparation for the upcoming football action on Sunday. Now… Read More
Snapchat parent Snap posted a net loss of $443 million in its second quarter as a public company, sending its stock down 14 percent in after-hours trading Thursday. Last year at this… Read More
Snapchat parent Snap Inc. is selling its camera-enabled Spectacles on Amazon. It’s the first time the company has sold the novel sunglasses through a third-party retailer. Until now, Spectacles were… Read More
Snapchat parent Snap has acquired Placed, a Seattle-based startup that operates a consumer location analytics platform, GeekWire has learned. Placed, which employs more than 100 people, will continue to operate independently at… Read More
Microsoft this morning announced a redesign of Skype that will look pretty familiar to Snapchat users. Billed by the company as the “next generation of Skype” the changes bring a host… Read More
Smile if you like a golden crown or bunny ears on your head. Instagram rolled out more features Tuesday to further blur the line between its photo and video sharing platform… Read More
Snapchat parent company Snap built a reputation for secrecy, but now, as a public company, it has to lay its cards on the table and open up the books to… 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
Another day, another photo app targeted at teens. This time, it’s Microsoft hoping to lure Gen Z users and millennials with goofy captions and emoji stickers. The tech giant has released… Read More
Could this be a plot twist in Act Three? While we were all watching Facebook’s attempts to take on newly-public Snapchat, Apple was building its own app that could challenge… Read More
These days you don’t even need to download Snapchat to build Snapchat Stories. Facebook on Thursday rolled out yet another update mimicking the feature, this time in Messenger. Called Messenger… Read More
Comcast-owned NBCUniversal is one of the biggest believers in Snapchat parent company Snap Inc., investing $500 million in the social media company’s IPO, according to a report from CNBC. Snap… Read More
As Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, signaling the company’s public debut, a crowd of protesters gathered outside its… Read More