Even before coming to Seattle for the first time on MIT Sloan’s Tech Trek, I had a feeling that I’d like this place. I’d heard how it’s laid back and… Read More
Juggernauts like Groupon and Living Social certainly have a strong presence in the digital coupon space. But one Seattle-based company has carved its own niche with a location-based app that… Read More
Groupon continues to mine Amazon.com for talent, and today the daily deal company picked up a big name from its rival. Groupon, whose stock has risen 150 percent in the… Read More
When Vinayak Hegde joined Groupon from Amazon.com 18 months ago, he imagined growing the new Seattle engineering office to about 30 employees. Fast forward to today, and Groupon is bursting… Read More
It seems like this is the week for music from founders of tech companies. Paul Allen, Microsoft’s co-founder, just released a preview track off his new album, “Everywhere at Once,”… Read More
After being ousted from Groupon and writing one of the most candid farewell letters ever, Andrew Mason decided to grow a beard and record an album. The result is “Hardly… Read More
Amazon.com-backed LivingSocial, the Washington D.C.-based daily deals site, has shut down its Seattle office. The news was first reported by Forbes and we’ve reached out to the company for confirmation. Less than 40… Read More
Say what you will about Andrew Mason’s reign as CEO of Groupon, he sure knows how to say goodbye. Mason was let go as the top executive of the daily deals… Read More
When I first came across Washington Huskies football tickets on Groupon two months ago, I wondered if it was a sign of how far the program has fallen. But it… Read More
I’m a big fan of Alley Insider’s Chart of the Day service in which the online news publication puts relevant news in chart form. But their latest effort left me scratching… Read More
Groupon has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that expiration dates and other restrictions on the company’s vouchers violated federal and state law, and unfairly… Read More
Another day, another tech giant sets up shop in Seattle. Perhaps no story over the past 24 months has shaped the technology community in Seattle as much as the arrival… Read More
Groupon is the latest tech giant to plant a flag in Seattle, opening an office in Seattle’s International District with room for 20 to 30 employees. The arrival of Groupon… Read More
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has stepped down from the board of Groupon just 16 months after joining forces with the fast-growing Chicago-based daily deal site. According to a SEC filing… Read More
Kal Raman, the former Amazon.com and drugstore.com executive who stepped down as CEO of Bellevue-based GlobalScholar last September, has been named senior vice president of Groupon overseeing operations in ten countries in… Read More
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz may sit on Groupon’s board. But the Seattle coffee retailer appears to have developed a taste for Google Offers. As part of a one-time promotion on… Read More
[Correction: Post updated to reflect the fact that Amazon’s deal was one of the fastest-selling in daily deals history, but not the fastest. A LivingSocial promotion for Whole Foods sold… Read More
Many companies are still trying to make it in the market for daily deals, competing with giant Groupon and a host of smaller rivals. But Amazon.com is in a unique… Read More
How much does it cost to bulk up and compete with the likes of Groupon in the daily deals market? Amazon.com’s annual Form 10-K filing, made public this morning, reveals detailed… Read More
Groupon has already taken the public markets by storm, with the Chicago-based daily deal site posting a massive $16 billion market value just a few days after its IPO. Now,… Read More
Facebook will go public in 2012. Apple will lose some of its innovative edge without Steve Jobs. And the majority of Americans will be driving electric vehicles by the year… Read More
Group discount buying service Groupon, the granddaddy of the daily deals startups, debuted on the stock market this morning with its highly anticipated IPO, trading on the Nasdaq exchange as… Read More
Wishpot faces no shortage of competition with its new daily deal service for travel. After all, in the past few months Groupon and Expedia have launched a new daily deal… Read More
Microsoft this morning launched Bing Deals, aiming to make its search engine a destination for the wide variety of daily deals available to consumers in many cities and regions these… Read More
Are Groupon and Living Social the next great things in online advertising? Or, are they just a flash in the pan? That was the fascinating debate which broke out earlier… Read More
Google Offers is finally arriving on the shores of Seattle, and it is looking to make chum out of rival Groupon with a half off discount on tickets for the… Read More
Early last month, Expedia and Groupon announced plans to work on a new discount service for online travel. Well, Groupon Getaways — as the service is known — just went… Read More
One of the big drawbacks historically of Groupon — at least in this shopper’s humble opinion — is that the daily deals require way too much advanced planning. In other… Read More
Silicon Valley companies have been flocking to Seattle in recent months, coming here (not for the nice weather obviously) but a desire to tap into the region’s robust technical talent.… Read More
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Groupon’s IPO, the unveiling of Microsoft’s next Windows version, and the end of the original T-Mobile Sidekick. Then we examine the present and… Read More