Facebook’s image suffered some serious blows in 2017. So rather than wear a tie everyday or learn a complex foreign language (as he has in years past), Mark Zuckerberg’s personal… Read More
One of the biggest shifts in American music and culture, and arguably in a city’s identity, happened in Seattle before the internet and before social media, before camera phones and… Read More
If you’re tired of seeing posts ordering you to “like if you’re not you before your morning coffee” or “tag your 10 best friends from college,” Facebook has some good… Read More
Sprout Social has acquired Simply Measured, a Seattle startup that helps brands get deeper insights into their social media marketing campaigns. Sprout CEO Justyn Howard announced the acquisition in a… Read More
Facebook already relies on the connections between people to help identify and prevent its users from harming themselves. The social media giant revealed Monday that artificial intelligence is also being… Read More
Many people nowadays are concerned about the way technology is changing their lives. From worries about artificial intelligence taking jobs, to the huge influence of social media, to companies invading our… Read More
Social media’s greatest strength and weakness is the egalitarianism that defines it. Facebook and Twitter have given a voice to the voiceless, elevating causes like the Arab Spring and Black… Read More
Update: Manka Dhingra was ahead with 55 percent of the vote in early election results released Tuesday at 8 p.m. Bots and other suspicious social media accounts were used in an… Read More
OK, let’s keep this short. That’s always been the point, right? Twitter on Tuesday announced that its limited test allowing some folks to tweet up to 280 characters (from the… Read More
The people and companies who created social media told us it would be a democratizing force that would bring the world together and help us understand our differences. Turns out,… Read More
A day after President Trump’s Twitter account was deactivated by a rogue employee on that person’s last day of work, the social media company announced that safeguards have been implemented… Read More
Fulfilling the fantasy of anyone who has ever wished they could just pull the plug on President Donald Trump’s Twitter account, a departing Twitter employee did just that on Thursday.… Read More
Knowing that Twitter limits users to 140-character posts has always been equal parts joy and frustration: Joy in knowing that some people on the social media site can’t get too… Read More
President Trump had a busy weekend on Twitter, as usual. No real surprise there, but the language in at least one of his tweets generated enough user backlash to force… Read More
Meshfire, an artificial intelligence-backed social media management company based in Kirkland, Wash., will shut down Sept. 30. Meshfire CEO Eli Israel penned a blog post announcing the closure, saying that the… Read More
A man wearing a red swastika armband on a bus in Seattle on Sunday became the focus of posts on Twitter and Reddit before ultimately becoming the subject of a viral… 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
Perhaps all that ash in the air around Seattle on Tuesday was coming from the fire burning inside Nick Hanauer. The sometimes-heated and always opinionated tech investor let loose on… Read More
Ride-hailing giant Uber sent a message to its riders and drivers expressing outrage over the deadly white nationalist demonstration in Charlottesville, Va., and support for a driver who kicked Nazis… Read More
Like most news events these days, the violent and deadly clash between white nationalists and counter protesters in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend drew many people to social media to react… Read More
Amazon launched a new feature today that allows Prime members to post stories to a feed, similar to those popular social networks. Called “Amazon Spark,” it’s a photo-focused feed with… 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
Innervate, a Seattle startup offering a suite of tools to help gaming companies market their products, has raised an undisclosed investment from Trilogy Equity Partners, Founders Co-Op, and angel investor… Read More
Wendy’s chicken nuggets are officially more appetizing than a photo containing Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Bradley Cooper and more stars. A Reno, Nev., teenager’s plea for free food… Read More
The news industry faces a Herculean challenge. With resources and attention spans dwindling, media organizations find themselves in a war with tech titans who have billions of dollars to back their forays… Read More
Do I really need anyone to guess whether or not I saw Journey, Flock of Seagulls and Ratt in concert at some point in my life? That was the big… Read More
Instagram’s growth is showing no signs of letting up. The Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing platform announced Wednesday that its community has grown to 700 million monthly active users. The last… Read More
A polarizing election has left the country deeply divided and social media widens that chasm by surrounding us with like-minded people. Recognizing how difficult it is to empathize when you never hear… Read More
Good news for those feeling constrained by Twitter’s 140-character limit when conversing with other users on the social media platform. The company announced today that “@usernames” will no longer count… 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