Memory Lane, the Seattle social networking site formerly known as Classmates.com, has cut an unknown number of jobs at its operations in Seattle. A spokesman for United Online — the… Read More
It’s the hottest thing on Foursquare and FarmVille. Now, Avvo — the online Q&A site for medical and legal advice — is adding game mechanics to its popular forums. The… Read More
We’re pretty heavy Twitter users around the GeekWire offices, so when the company rolled out a new redesign yesterday we had to check it out. I’ve been playing around with… Read More
Just when you thought you had Facebook and Twitter nailed, along comes Google+. This new social site took the world by storm, but easily ended up adding more confusion to… Read More
Now that everybody is connected, things are about to get really interesting. That was the message from Mark Zuckerberg this year, through his words and actions. The Facebook CEO sees… Read More
Why just chat with someone, when you can chat in a virtual condo or apartment? Seattle startup FlowPlay, maker of the ourWorld virtual world, is promising that and much more… Read More
Some of the biggest names in venture capital are putting their faith in Lockerz, a Seattle upstart that came on the scene in a big way in 2011. The company,… Read More
Does the world need another social network? Doug Brown and David Greschler — the brains behind a new Kirkland startup called PaperShare — certainly think so. But PaperShare isn’t another Twitter… Read More
Facebook today announced that its Prineville data center in Oregon has received LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, with the company noting that the facility (which recaptures 100… Read More
Back in July, a Microsoft splash page under the name of Socl.com mysteriously emerged. A short description on the site at the time noted that Socl would allow you to ‘Find… Read More
I’ve been spending the afternoon at the SC11 supercomputer conference, taking place this week in Seattle, where one of the more unexpected companies on the show floor is Facebook. Actually,… Read More
More than 1,500 companies applied from 78 countries. But, at the end of day, England’s Fantasy Shopper took home the top prize in Amazon Web Services’ fifth annual Startup Challenge.… Read More
Intelius is best known for its background checks on family members, friends or employees. But now the Bellevue company is expanding in a new direction: Helping busy families connect and… Read More
Mark Zuckerberg is more of a lover, than a fighter. After all, he doesn’t want to engage in an all-out war with the likes of Amazon.com, Apple or Google. Instead,… Read More
Google+ is still trying to find its niche as an alternative to Facebook, with mixed results. But the company announced a series of enhancements to Google+ today, hoping to boost… Read More
Twitter’s growth over the past few years has been nothing short of staggering. And now we’re getting a closer look at just how fast the microblogging service is growing, with… Read More
Google engineer Steve Yegge may think some things are messed up at Google. But the search giant continues to deliver, with the company announcing today that net income for the… Read More
F8 now has several years under its belt, and attendees and the media have come to expect that as Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, takes the stage at the one-day annual… Read More
Is PopCap Games getting ready to launch a series of casino-style games on Facebook? Some new domain purchases, as well as changes to a Facebook page and a recent trademark… Read More
Upon hearing about the new Facebook Timeline feature today, my immediate reaction was: “Huh, isn’t that exactly what Seattle’s Intersect is all about?” After all, Intersect — like the Facebook… Read More
Rhapsody made a surprise appearance at Facebook’s f8 conference today, at least in the form of its logo on a slide shown by Mark Zuckerberg as he introduced the social… Read More
Attention fellow Seattleites, this new Google+ feature is for us. The search company’s fledgling social network last night introduced a new feature that lets you ignore content from people who’ve… Read More
Sure, there was an earthquake on the East Coast just a little bit ago, but did you hear the big news today? You’ll soon be able to approve or reject… Read More
See who’s signed your guestbook! Classmates.com users will be splitting $2.5 million among themselves in the latest proposed legal settlement over those email marketing tactics used by the Seattle-based social… Read More
A new report out today indicates that links from online content sources — including news aggregators like Huffington Post and media sites like CNN — drive more traffic to online… Read More
Lockerz, the fast-growing Seattle social networking upstart targeting teens and twenty somethings, has inked a deal with EMI Music to distribute thousands of videos from artists such as Coldplay, Lenny… Read More
Lockerz intense hunger for fresh capital continues. The fast-growing social networking company today announced that it has raised $36 million in venture capital, disclosing for the first time that DAG… Read More
Last week, we told you about a new promotion from Bartell Drugs called “Free Print Weekend.” Essentially, it was a way for people who “like” Bartell’s on Facebook to receive up… Read More
Bartell Drugs is one of Seattle’s oldest businesses. And the company has been able to stick around for more than 110 years in part because it knows how to change… Read More
Yesterday, we told you about Facebook’s desires to find more office space in downtown Seattle. But that’s not the social networking giant’s only expansion effort in the Pacific Northwest. The… Read More