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Oh, snap! Nicki Minaj ditches the dude who doesn’t have unlimited data in new T-Mobile ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bd8fOIIxQo Nicki Minaj will not be played by a man who doesn’t have unlimited data. That’s the message in a… Read More

Snapchat meets gaming: Gatorade launches in-app 8-bit Serena Williams tennis game

Games have made their way into Snapchat. Gatorade today unveiled Serena Williams Match Point, a simple 8-bit game that can… Read More

Familiar Stories: Instagram unveils new sharing feature that feels a lot like Snapchat

In a bid to attract or hold onto users who want to share less-stylized images from their daily lives, Instagram… Read More

NFL inks deal with Snapchat to become first sports league on ‘Discover’ platform

The NFL is expanding its presence on Snapchat. The league announced today that it will become the first sports league… Read More

14-year-old boy sues Snapchat over links to explicit articles in Discover feature

A 14-year-old California boy and his mother are suing messaging app Snapchat over a series of explicit articles that appeared in… Read More

Study: Venture capital investment in unicorns hits all-time high, as startups suffer

Billion-dollar unicorns like Uber and Snapchat are sucking up more investor money than ever, and early-stage startups are finding it tough… Read More

The new Facebook? Study finds more and more parents using Snapchat

Is Snapchat becoming the new Facebook? That’s perhaps what the latest numbers from comScore indicate. The Wall Street Journal examined the… Read More

Twitter for Android redesign rolls out on same day Snapchat tweaks its Stories page

Two apps competing for your continued attention are rolling out new looks as Twitter for Android and Snapchat have redesigned… Read More

Mary Meeker’s ‘Internet Trends’ report highlights: Voice, visuals and the U.S. as global auto hub again

The highly anticipated “2016 Internet Trends” report from Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers general partner Mary Meeker is 213 slides long.… Read More

President Obama calls out Snapchat and LinkedIn during final White House correspondents’ dinner

Amid zingers directed at everyone from Donald Trump to himself, President Barack Obama briefly mentioned two tech giants during his final White House correspondents’… Read More

Lawsuit targets Snapchat for 107-mph crash, alleges teen was using app to boast about speed

A new lawsuit blames Snapchat, along with a teenager who was allegedly using the popular messaging app to share how fast she was driving,… Read More

GeekWire Awards, Newcomer of the Year: Vote for your favorite company, group … or truck

We’ve seen a huge influx of new engineering outposts in the Seattle region in recent years, as companies from Silicon… Read More

How Nordstrom targeted colleges and boosted its Snapchat follower count by 60 percent

If you’ve ever used Snapchat, you probably know that it doesn’t work like most social media platforms. Instead of making public… Read More

Arnold Schwarzenegger uses Snapchat to pump up John Kasich; Hillary Clinton jumps on Reddit for first time

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to pump up the presidential hopes of Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The 68-year-old… Read More

MLB expands deal with Snapchat, will let players stream video from dugouts during Spring Training

Major League Baseball wants its players embracing Snapchat as a way to bring fans closer to the game. The league… Read More

Snapchat Shorts will be considered at the Tribeca Film Festival for the first time ever

Snapchat gets a bad rap as a frivolous messaging tool — driven largely by the self-destructing nature of the photos.… Read More

Generation App: Why Snapchat is more than just sexting

Snapchat, more commonly known by the over-30 crowd as “that sexting app,” is experiencing a meteoric rise. The app has an… Read More

Playboy courts millennials with Snapchat-themed cover

In the digital age, graphic nudity is so ubiquitous that it’s become passé, boring even. But there’s still a final… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Radio: Snapchat’s new Seattle home, Starbucks’ digital growth, and more of the week’s tech news

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Details on a prominent space entrepreneur’s mysterious next venture, Snapchat finds… Read More

Sources: Snapchat to open new Seattle engineering office with room for 50 people

Snapchat will set up its new engineering office across from Seattle’s Pike Place Market, in the same building where Facebook got… Read More

Geek on the Street: Here’s what these college students love and hate about Snapchat

Take a walk around the University of Washington campus and you will unquestionably run into, maybe literally, a student looking down at… Read More

White House joins Snapchat to engage in ‘new and creative ways’

Taking aim at a demographic that may be too young to even vote, the White House on Monday announced that… Read More

CES 2016: Snapchat places massive logo on iconic Luxor casino in Vegas

LAS VEGAS — The Consumer Electronics Show is known for over-the-top marketing stunts. And the biggest and boldest we’ve seen… Read More

Teens fake parental consent to enter contracts across the web — but their legal status is flimsy

Hey parents: You won’t believe the contracts your kids have been roped into. Like a fine print virus spreading quickly… Read More

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Amazon’s surprise, Snapchat’s secret, and the best video-game controller ever made

This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Amazon posts record job growth and a surprise profit, and bites back… Read More

Exclusive: Snapchat has a secret Seattle outpost — and you’ll never guess how we found it

A small team of Snapchat engineers has been working behind a locked door and fogged glass inside a Seattle co-working space… Read More

Snapchat, WhatsApp, Expedia and Amazon: What 15 tech brands could have been called

Choosing the right brand name can be a make-it or break-it experience for a lot of startups. Finding something that… Read More

Snapchat going old-school with minimalist billboards in Seattle

There’s nothing hip or trendy about billboards, but that’s not stopping ultra-cool California company Snapchat from getting the word out… Read More

Unicorn envy: Where is Seattle’s next billion-dollar idea?

View image | gettyimages.com Once upon a time, there was an exclusive club that only allowed technology companies worth $1 billion… Read More

China’s Alibaba reportedly investing $200M in Snapchat at a $15B valuation

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is reportedly interested in investing $200 million in Snapchat, which allows people to send photos knowing that… Read More