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Sep 12, 2014, 2:58 PM

The gift of beer: You can now send Budweiser to Facebook friends

It was only a matter of time before someone came up with way to buy beer for friends on Facebook.… Read More

Sep 11, 2014, 1:14 PM

With Facebook’s footprint in Seattle growing, Gov. Jay Inslee pops by to offer praise and support

Facebook’s new office is booming in Seattle, so much so that it is now attracting the attention of the state’s… Read More

Sep 4, 2014, 5:46 PM

Twitter users go berserk over possible timeline changes

There’s a brand new scandal in Twitter-land: the company might be shaking up users’ feeds in the near future to… Read More

Sep 2, 2014, 10:27 AM

Netflix launches new Facebook sharing to push video content to friends

There comes a time when a Netflix show is so great that you just have to share it with other… Read More

Aug 31, 2014, 10:18 PM

A real ‘Hyperlapse’: How Microsoft’s culture needs to change next

A few weeks ago, Microsoft researchers unveiled Hyperlapse — an impressive project that turns first-person videos into smooth, stable time-lapse scenes using some advanced computer science.… Read More

Aug 29, 2014, 2:17 PM

Nuking Facebook: 30 days later, the fallout

A month ago I did the unthinkable. I quit Facebook. There’s a lot you might learn from my experience, even… Read More

Aug 29, 2014, 11:04 AM

On the floor at PAX: Oculus, Master Chief, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and more

That settles it — I want an Oculus Dev Kit 2 for Christmas. One of the best parts of the… Read More

Aug 25, 2014, 10:43 AM

You won’t believe what this story is about! Facebook cracking down on ‘click-baiting’

Facebook today announced that it is cracking down on posts it deems as “click bait,” or headlines that try to… Read More

Aug 15, 2014, 10:17 AM

Chart: This is how bad the gender gap is at tech companies

Looking over the diversity data released by major tech companies over the past several months paints a bleak picture of… Read More

Aug 6, 2014, 4:43 PM

Facebook shakes up the ‘About’ page, changing how it displays personal information

Facebook is known for switching up the design of its users’ profiles without notice, and today is no different: some… Read More

Aug 1, 2014, 9:36 AM

Facebook slowly recovering from morning outage

It’s Friday, which means it’s prime time for making weekend plans with friends on Facebook, or at least enviously reading… Read More

Jul 23, 2014, 1:26 PM

Facebook earnings beat expectations as Q2 revenue skyrockets to nearly $3 billion

Facebook keeps its streak alive today by beating analyst expectations for the ninth consecutive quarter in a row. “We had a good… Read More

Jul 21, 2014, 12:59 PM

Facebook launches Save, a service to archive interesting content to read later

Facebook is now making it easier to remember all the stuff that people bump into on the social network with… Read More

Jul 20, 2014, 11:30 AM

Facebook, you are dead to me … for now

Friends, and you are my “friends:” I’m giving up on Facebook. No more status updates, no more vacation photos, no… Read More

Jul 14, 2014, 2:21 PM

Amazon employees most attractive, Apple workers just average, dating app finds

The top five tech companies typically fight over who employs the biggest brains, but in this competition, they were ranked by another more superficial… Read More

Jul 3, 2014, 10:46 AM

Facebook launches Messenger app for iPad, after long wait

Facebook launched an iPad version of its Messenger app today, which means that members of the company’s social network will now… Read More

Jul 2, 2014, 12:13 PM

Facebook’s infuriating mood manipulation study: What I’m afraid the company learned

By now you must know that Facebook made you sadder for science. For a week in 2012, it altered the… Read More

Jun 30, 2014, 10:51 AM

How Facebook can alter your mood: Concerns raised over study of ‘massive-scale emotional contagion’

Researchers from Facebook and Cornell University altered the contents of Facebook users’ news feeds to test the effects of positive and… Read More

Jun 25, 2014, 4:49 PM

Facebook eyeing expansion in downtown Seattle

Facebook appears to have already outgrown its office space in Seattle. The social networking powerhouse, which just two years ago… Read More

Jun 24, 2014, 2:57 PM

Facebook’s Oculus to buy Seattle’s Carbon Design, enhancing its hardware chops

Oculus VR, the company that makes the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, announced today that it has reached an… Read More

Jun 19, 2014, 10:14 AM

How a trip to Africa helped Facebook retool its Android app for the developing world

One of Mark Zuckerberg’s goals for Facebook is bringing the “next 5 billion” people onto the social network. But that isn’t… Read More

Jun 9, 2014, 2:02 PM

Facebook poaches PayPal boss David Marcus to head up messaging

PayPal President David Marcus has just been hired away by Facebook to head up the social network’s messaging division. The announcement… Read More

May 27, 2014, 10:58 AM

The next battleground for Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google: Artificial Intelligence

Digital personal assistants today can help you send messages, place phone calls, schedule meetings or find answers from the… Read More

May 23, 2014, 10:51 AM

Chart: The top 25 companies for pay and benefits

People looking for high pay and good benefits are finding that working in the tech industry comes with plenty of… Read More

May 22, 2014, 10:28 AM

Enough with the over-sharing: Facebook now makes posts friends-only by default

Facebook announced today that new users of the popular social networking service will find that status updates only post to… Read More

May 21, 2014, 12:57 PM

Facebook launches new Shazam-like feature for mobile status updates

Facebook users are going to see a more music- and TV-filled News Feed soon. The company announced today that it… Read More

May 15, 2014, 3:16 PM

Microsoft, Apple earn top marks on data privacy scorecard; Amazon falls short

The Electronic Frontier Foundation today released the latest edition of its “Who Has Your Back?” report that examines how major… Read More

May 5, 2014, 3:38 PM

Here’s what Oculus VR has planned for its virtual reality research lab in Bellevue

As a part of an interview at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York today, Oculus VR co-founder and CEO… Read More

Apr 30, 2014, 2:30 PM

Redfin’s updated iPhone app adds Facebook Messenger integration

Redfin plans a significant update to its iPhone app, aiming to improve how users share listings from the Seattle-based brokerage with their friends on Facebook. When… Read More

Apr 30, 2014, 1:05 PM

F8: Facebook ties together mobile apps with new App Links service

SAN FRANCISCO – A new service from Facebook aims to make it easier for developers to create links between different mobile… Read More