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Facebook

Dec 29, 2016, 8:00 AM

Here are Facebook’s 7 favorite things that came out of its hackathons in 2016

Hackathons are part of Facebook’s ethos as a company. Every year, Facebook holds a number of global events and individual offices… Read More

Dec 20, 2016, 8:33 AM

Here’s the deal with those special messages on top of your Facebook News Feed

In recent weeks, you’ve likely seen little cards at the top of your Facebook News Feed reminding you about the… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg
Dec 15, 2016, 12:46 PM

Facebook is finally cracking down on fake news with new tools to fight hoaxes

Facebook is grappling with growing pains. The $350 billion company, powered by more than a billion users, is coming to… Read More

Arbor Blocks
Dec 6, 2016, 8:02 AM

With big new office lease, Facebook says it’s ‘reinforcing its commitment in Seattle’

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… Read More

Arbor Blocks
Dec 2, 2016, 8:18 AM

Facebook leases big Seattle office project from Paul Allen’s Vulcan, continuing rapid growth

Social media giant Facebook is growing its presence in Seattle in a big way, leasing a pair of planned office… Read More

Nov 22, 2016, 11:51 AM

Teens are startlingly bad at deciphering fake news, Stanford study finds

In the crucial final months of the election, Facebook engagement with bogus news stories outpaced legitimate news, according to BuzzFeed’s… Read More

Facebook homelessness
Nov 11, 2016, 3:59 PM

Seattle Facebook workers assemble 1,000 care packages as part of effort to aid city’s homeless

Homelessness has become a critical issue in Seattle as the city continues to evolve and grapple with growth and affordability.… Read More

Oct 28, 2016, 12:32 PM

Facebook advertisers can exclude users based on race, sexual orientation, and gender

If you wanted to make a chunk of change selling “Make America Great Again” hats and didn’t think they’d do… Read More

Oct 20, 2016, 2:13 PM

GeekWire Radio: Tech leaders on VR, automated vehicles and more from the 2016 GeekWire Summit

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: If you couldn’t make it to the 2016 GeekWire Summit, have… Read More

Oct 19, 2016, 9:37 AM

Facebook wants to be your one-stop-shop for tickets, recommendations, and local businesses

Facebook announced a suite of new tools Wednesday aimed at helping users get things done. A tool that maps recommendations… Read More

Facebook vote
Oct 12, 2016, 1:24 PM

Facebook reminder created significant surge in voter registrations across numerous states

The voter registration reminder that showed up at the top of your Facebook news feed last month actually had a… Read More

Oct 10, 2016, 8:40 AM

Can Facebook compete in enterprise communication? ‘Facebook at Work’ officially launching today

On Monday, Facebook is expected to officially launch the enterprise tool it has been testing for over a year. Facebook at Work… Read More

Oct 5, 2016, 2:38 PM

OfferUp CEO Nick Huzar isn’t worried about Facebook Marketplace

  On Monday, Facebook announced Marketplace, an internal one-to-one e-commerce division, setting up the Silicon Valley giant for fierce competition with… Read More

Oct 3, 2016, 8:39 AM

Facebook officially launches ‘Marketplace,’ taking aim at Craigslist and OfferUp

Facebook officially launched its Marketplace on Monday, once again attempting to carve out a piece of peer-to-peer local sales. The feature,… Read More

Sep 21, 2016, 3:16 PM

Starting with $3B investment, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative aims to ‘cure all disease’

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, announced today that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will invest $3 billion dollars in… Read More

Seattle skyline and Rainier at sunset
Sep 16, 2016, 10:36 AM

GeekWire Radio: Seattle and Vancouver tech leaders unite, a report from TechCrunch Disrupt, and more

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Can Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., team up to create a “Cascadia Innovation… Read More

Sep 15, 2016, 10:52 AM

Facebook hungry for more office space in Seattle, report says

Facebook just started moving into its big new engineering office in Seattle a couple months ago, but the social media… Read More

Adam Mosseri
Sep 14, 2016, 1:30 PM

Addicted to Facebook? Head of News Feed says more time on site is OK, as long as it’s ‘meaningful’

When it comes to the success of its News Feed and what type of experience users are having there, Facebook says more liking… Read More

Facebook Trek reaction emojis
Sep 8, 2016, 7:58 AM

Facebook beams its ‘like’ options into the Star Trek universe for science-fiction fans

Do you love “Live Long and Prosper”? Then you’ll probably be reacting to Facebook posts with Star Trek icons today. The… Read More

Sep 3, 2016, 7:08 AM

Behind the scenes at Oculus: First look inside the virtual reality company’s new Seattle outpost

Facebook made a splash with the opening of its new engineering office near Seattle’s Lake Union this year, but the… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg
Sep 1, 2016, 12:44 PM

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg ‘deeply disappointed’ to lose his satellite in SpaceX’s rocket explosion

Today’s loss of a Falcon 9 rocket and its satellite payload was a bummer for Facebook billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg… Read More

Sep 1, 2016, 7:44 AM

FAA puts key Amazon, UPS, Facebook and Google execs on Drone Advisory Committee

Gur Kimchi, the vice president of Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery operation, has been named along with a variety of… Read More

Aug 23, 2016, 12:34 PM

Can Facebook guess your political views? See where the site thinks you land on the spectrum

I have a Facebook rule I almost always follow: Don’t post anything political, ever. The few times I’ve broken that rule,… Read More

Unlike button
Aug 4, 2016, 1:13 PM

Facebook aims to reduce ‘clickbait’ headlines in its News Feed and … you won’t believe what happened next!

We’ve all seen them and we’ve all probably clicked on a few. Those headlines that challenge whether we’ll actually believe… Read More

Facebook hardware lab
Aug 3, 2016, 12:37 PM

Area 404 is found: Facebook shows off its new state-of-the-art hardware lab

When Mark Zuckerberg revealed his personal challenge for the new year back in January, he said he wanted to build an AI… Read More

Facebook Aquila drone over Arizona
Jul 21, 2016, 3:56 PM

Facebook shares video from the first flight of its Aquila solar-powered internet drone

After more than a year of development, Facebook unveiled a video showing the first flight of its full-scale Aquila drone, which… Read More

Jul 21, 2016, 7:58 AM

NBA inks deal with Facebook to live stream USA Basketball exhibition games

Just a few days after inking a streaming deal with Twitter, the NBA today announced a similar partnership with Facebook.… Read More

Jun 29, 2016, 8:46 AM

Friends and family first: Facebook shares its ‘News Feed Values’ to be more transparent

In a bid to be more transparent, Facebook is sharing how it organizes News Feeds and updating how it ranks… Read More

Jun 22, 2016, 2:54 PM

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson getting $200k to make Facebook Live videos

Embed from Getty Images If you can’t wait until Sundays this fall to see Russell Wilson, now you can catch… Read More

Mark Zuckerberg
Jun 20, 2016, 3:31 PM

Zuckerberg plans to run Facebook for a ‘very long time,’ even as he gives away stock

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be planning to give away almost all of his stock in the company, but that… Read More

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