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Jul 25, 2011, 12:50 PM

Scholars study global ‘digital activism’ with a new kind of online think tank

Researchers such as the University of Washington’s Phil Howard study revolutions in places such as the Middle East, often by… Read More

Jul 15, 2011, 7:07 AM

Did Microsoft just accidentally leak its social search site?

Earlier this week, Fusible.com uncovered a Microsoft splash page at Socl.com which appeared to be part of a larger social… Read More

Jul 11, 2011, 3:37 PM

Facebook’s geeky vending machine may eradicate old-fashioned supply closets

Here’s a vending machine that only a true geek could love (and no it doesn’t include free soda pop or… Read More

Jul 9, 2011, 7:20 AM

GeekWire Radio: Facebook, Skype, Obama, Twitter, and gauging the rise of Google+

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, guest host Monica Guzman fills in for John to help us… Read More

Jul 8, 2011, 10:28 PM

Nerd Notes: Walking with Zuck, connected states, and a note to the future … from 1973

The legends of tech companies are shaped by stories of their weirdest early traditions. (Think Bill Gates having Burgermaster on speed dial.)… Read More

Jul 8, 2011, 1:53 PM

Rewind: Google+, Facebook, Microsoft Bing and the evolution of Internet search

Our guest this past week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast was Rand Fishkin, the CEO of SEOmoz, the… Read More

Jul 8, 2011, 6:46 AM

Marc Andreessen: Wall Street hates tech and why Microsoft and others are undervalued

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, who has quickly become one of the most influential Silicon Valley venture capitalists, made some waves… Read More

Jul 6, 2011, 3:33 PM

Recap: Twitter and Obama reinvent the town hall, with a little help from algorithms

Guest Post: Today, President Obama participated in the first White House Town Hall on Twitter. The White House asked people… Read More

Jul 6, 2011, 11:40 AM

Zuckerberg: Microsoft deal gives Skype a ‘sense of stability’ in Facebook’s eyes

One of the more interesting angles on Facebook’s rollout of a new Skype video chat feature today is Microsoft’s role… Read More

Jul 6, 2011, 10:52 AM

Facebook rolls out Skype video chat, from Seattle team

Facebook is rolling out a new video chat feature for its users in partnership with Skype, developed in Facebook’s Seattle… Read More

Jul 6, 2011, 8:01 AM

Obama’s latest social media Town Hall: Will Twitter do better than Facebook?

Twitter will be in the spotlight today, along with President Obama, as the company and the White House present a… Read More

Jul 5, 2011, 11:59 PM

Nerd Notes: App for Atlantis, better title for Jobs bio, and some pi in the face for Google

Google reportedly decided to have some fun with the bidding for Nortel’s coveted patent portfolio last week — throwing out… Read More

Jul 2, 2011, 5:47 AM

GeekWire Radio: Google+ vs. Facebook, Ballmer sounds off, and new stuff in Internet search

On this week’s GeekWire radio show and podcast, we analyze Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s booming response to the question of… Read More

Jun 30, 2011, 9:17 AM

Facebook’s Zuckerberg: TV, books, movies next in line for social disruption

Editor’s note: Peter Boctor was part of a crowd of Seattle software developers who attended Mark Zuckerberg’s talk in Seattle… Read More

Jun 29, 2011, 8:05 PM

Facebook’s Zuckerberg on Seattle: ‘There’s so many good engineers up here’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Seattle today, visiting the company’s fledgling office across the street the Pike Place Market… Read More

Jun 29, 2011, 8:23 AM

What would you ask Mark Zuckerberg? Facebook CEO visits Seattle for developer Q&A

Facebook routinely hosts “tech talks” at its new downtown Seattle office space, a way to engage with the community and… Read More

Jun 28, 2011, 1:31 PM

Google+ vs. Facebook, just in time for that FTC inquiry

So many people are on Facebook. How are they going to get them to switch? It’s going to have to… Read More

Jun 23, 2011, 10:33 AM

Netflix founder, Microsoft director Reed Hastings joins the board of Facebook

Could this signal a deeper alliance between Facebook and Microsoft? That’s how we’re reading the news today that Netflix founder… Read More

Jun 19, 2011, 10:51 AM

A special Father’s Day text: ‘Hi Daddy, I Love You!’

This morning, I received a text message that said: “Hi Daddy, I love You!” It wasn’t from my 18-month-old son,… Read More

Jun 17, 2011, 11:30 AM

Comcast shows next-gen Xfinity TV interface, gets help from your Facebook friends

https://youtu.be/KBnLCbzMR9Y The rise of free online alternatives to traditional cable television means the big cable operators will need to roll… Read More

Jun 15, 2011, 1:50 PM

Report: Americans now spend an average of 6.3 hours per month on Facebook

The way people spend their time online is changing with the rise of social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook,… Read More

Jun 10, 2011, 2:50 PM

Rewind: Facebook vs. Twitter, and their roles in our lives

Our guests on the latest GeekWire Podcast were the husband-and-wife duo of Monica Guzman Preston of Intersect and Jason Preston of Parnassus Group… Read More

Jun 10, 2011, 12:37 PM

Venpop looks to turn Facebook pages into social shopping destinations

More and more retailers are thinking about ways to conduct business on Facebook and Twitter. That, in turn, is sparking… Read More

Jun 10, 2011, 10:07 AM

Poll: Which tech giant would you most like to have headquartered in Seattle?

Silicon Valley companies have been flocking to Seattle in recent months, coming here (not for the nice weather obviously) but… Read More

Jun 8, 2011, 10:01 PM

Nerd Notes: A dad embarrasses his kid for a year and Peanuts on Twitter

Microsoft releases a teaser trailer for Halo 4. Master Chief is still a mega hunk, sporting a mega gun. … Read More

Jun 7, 2011, 7:46 AM

Microsoft HealthVault enables Facebook login, vows not to tell friends about your test results

Microsoft’s HealthVault personal online repository for health data and electronic medical records has enabled Facebook authentication as an optional method… Read More

Jun 6, 2011, 10:23 PM

Microsoft, Facebook support AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition

[Updated with text of letter below.] Microsoft and Facebook are among eight technology companies that filed a letter tonight in… Read More

Jun 2, 2011, 8:44 AM

WSJ report: A wave of Silicon Valley giants arrive on Seattle’s shores

Silicon Valley tech giants have been flocking to Seattle in recent for months, with companies such as Facebook, Salesforce.com and… Read More

Jun 1, 2011, 2:39 PM

Why your product must be social — not just your marketing

Guest Commentary: If you market to consumers, you will be out of business in 10 years if you don’t have… Read More

May 30, 2011, 1:32 PM

Facebook making desktop software for Mac, Windows with new Seattle-based team

In this era of browser apps and mobile devices, here’s some news that cuts against the grain. A new Facebook… Read More