In recent weeks, you’ve likely seen little cards at the top of your Facebook News Feed reminding you about the supermoon or wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving. Today, Facebook is… Read More
Facebook is grappling with growing pains. The $350 billion company, powered by more than a billion users, is coming to terms with the fact that is far more than a… Read More
One of the leaders of Facebook’s Seattle engineering operations says the company is “reinforcing its commitment” to the city with its lease of a large office project planned near Amazon’s headquarters in the South Lake Union… Read More
Social media giant Facebook is growing its presence in Seattle in a big way, leasing a pair of planned office buildings in the South Lake Union neighborhood, right in Amazon’s backyard.… Read More
In the crucial final months of the election, Facebook engagement with bogus news stories outpaced legitimate news, according to BuzzFeed’s analysis. It’s an alarming trend, particularly when you look to the… Read More
Homelessness has become a critical issue in Seattle as the city continues to evolve and grapple with growth and affordability. The plight of those on the city’s streets is especially… Read More
If you wanted to make a chunk of change selling “Make America Great Again” hats and didn’t think they’d do particularly well among Hispanics and bisexuals, Facebook’s advertising portal would… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: If you couldn’t make it to the 2016 GeekWire Summit, have no fear! This week we dive into some of the… Read More
Facebook announced a suite of new tools Wednesday aimed at helping users get things done. A tool that maps recommendations from friends, more sophisticated event suggestions, and online ordering from… Read More
The voter registration reminder that showed up at the top of your Facebook news feed last month actually had a significant effect on the number of people who registered across… Read More
On Monday, Facebook is expected to officially launch the enterprise tool it has been testing for over a year. Facebook at Work will be available for a fee, not yet publicly announced, for… Read More
On Monday, Facebook announced Marketplace, an internal one-to-one e-commerce division, setting up the Silicon Valley giant for fierce competition with services like Craigslist, eBay and Bellevue, Wash., based OfferUp, possibly… Read More
Facebook officially launched its Marketplace on Monday, once again attempting to carve out a piece of peer-to-peer local sales. The feature, which Facebook has been testing for the past year, allows… Read More
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, announced today that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will invest $3 billion dollars in a new project, informally called Chan Zuckerberg Science, with the… Read More
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Can Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., team up to create a “Cascadia Innovation Corridor” that strengthens the larger region as a technology center?… Read More
Facebook just started moving into its big new engineering office in Seattle a couple months ago, but the social media giant is reportedly already on the hunt for more space.… Read More
When it comes to the success of its News Feed and what type of experience users are having there, Facebook says more liking and commenting and reading serves as an important metric. And… Read More
Do you love “Live Long and Prosper”? Then you’ll probably be reacting to Facebook posts with Star Trek icons today. The social-media giant morphed its usual lineup of like, love, haha,… Read More
Facebook made a splash with the opening of its new engineering office near Seattle’s Lake Union this year, but the social networking giant’s Oculus virtual reality company has been much more… Read More
Today’s loss of a Falcon 9 rocket and its satellite payload was a bummer for Facebook billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg as well as for SpaceX billionaire founder Elon Musk. “As… Read More
Gur Kimchi, the vice president of Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery operation, has been named along with a variety of other tech executives to a Drone Advisory Committee that “will help… Read More
I have a Facebook rule I almost always follow: Don’t post anything political, ever. The few times I’ve broken that rule, I’ve instantly regretted it. But it seems those few times… Read More
We’ve all seen them and we’ve all probably clicked on a few. Those headlines that challenge whether we’ll actually believe what we’re about to read are a fixture for some internet… Read More
When Mark Zuckerberg revealed his personal challenge for the new year back in January, he said he wanted to build an AI to run his home and help with his work. He… Read More
After more than a year of development, Facebook unveiled a video showing the first flight of its full-scale Aquila drone, which is designed to stay aloft for months and potentially connect billions… Read More
Just a few days after inking a streaming deal with Twitter, the NBA today announced a similar partnership with Facebook. The league will stream nine USA Basketball exhibition games —… Read More
In a bid to be more transparent, Facebook is sharing how it organizes News Feeds and updating how it ranks its content. In a blog post this morning, Facebook Vice President… Read More
Embed from Getty Images If you can’t wait until Sundays this fall to see Russell Wilson, now you can catch the Seattle Seahawks quarterback on Facebook Live. Wilson is one… Read More
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be planning to give away almost all of his stock in the company, but that doesn’t mean he’s going anywhere. “I plan on being involved… Read More
Too much time on Facebook may leave you wondering which way is up or down, and now the social media giant is adding 360-degree photos to further immerse you in the… Read More