Facebook iOS update allows users to send voice and video messages New updates arrived today for Facebook’s iOS app and users can now record video and voice directly within the app.… Read More
From Shawn Kemp to Edgar Martinez: Favorite phones and apps of Seattle’s sports stars In between Washington’s most well-known sports stars from past and present, there was one geek running around Benaroya Hall Friday… Read More
Scrappy social media analytics startup Simply Measured raises $8 million Adam Schoenfeld, Aviel Ginzburg and Damon Cortesi have sure come a long way since they started their company under the… Read More
Twitter growth: 1.1 million Inauguration-related Tweets compared to just 82,392 in 2009 President Barack Obama’s second inauguration Monday morning provided us with another way to see Twitter’s surging popularity. There were 1.1… Read More
Startup Spotlight: ShopIgniter helps big brands sell on Facebook ShopIgniter has assisted Nike in selling golf balls and Levi’s in selling jeans, but not from the traditional storefront. Instead, the… Read More
Manti Te’o fake-girlfriend hoax reminds us how creepy social media really is At one point in history, I had a large amount of hair on my head. So much so that I… Read More
Seeking a new combination, social commerce startup Lockerz confirms cutbacks Lockerz, the heavily-funded social commerce startup, has reportedly laid off a chunk of its staff and closed down an office… Read More
Facebook unveils social search engine “Graph Search” with Bing partnership Who are your friends that live in Seattle? Which ones of those like the Seattle Seahawks? What restaurants have your… Read More
Myspace is back, but can it return to social media stardom? Myspace is back, and it’s nothing like it was before. After going through invite-only beta testing in July and previewing… Read More
Janrain lands $33 million for social sign-in technology In what’s being described as one of the largest venture capital rounds in a Portland startup, Janrain has reeled in… Read More
The Seahawks’ secret weapon: 12th man social media truck firing up fans at Georgia Dome If you’re a Seattle Seahawks fan that made the trip to Atlanta for today’s big playoff game, you’ll likely be… Read More
Seahawks Sunday: Must-follow Twitter accounts for today’s playoff game against Atlanta To get a sense of how much Seahawks fever is going around Seattle, just read this status posted by my… Read More
LinkedIn reaches 200 million user milestone, adding two new users per second Some numbers out of the LinkedIn camp today highlight how successful the social network is doing. The company has reached… Read More
Clipboard raises cash for online archiving service, tops 100,000 registered users Clipboard has reeled in a fresh round of cash for its online archiving service from strategic investor Scientia, money that… Read More
Foolish on Facebook: Teen arrested after posting about drunk driving There are certain things you probably shouldn’t post on social media. Some examples: angry insults directed at your boss, drunk… Read More
Seattle’s social media queen Jenni Hogan leaving KIRO Seattle’s social media queen is leaving KIRO and dreaming big. Jenni Hogan, the KIRO 7 traffic anchor and Seattle’s popular… Read More
Redfin unveils Collections, a new photo-sharing service for real estate nerds Sometimes, working in real estate can be all about crunching numbers and analyzing data. But there’s an emotional and creative… Read More
Commentary: Why the downfall of Facebook is more possible than you think Facebook is the clearcut leader in social. We all know this. No one else is even close (except maybe Google).… Read More
Find your ‘Golden Tweet’ and everything else of significance you Tweeted this year It’s that special time of year when people reflect, looking back on the accomplishments of the past. But in an… Read More
Hey, Seattle – want to wiki? So. Seattle. Do we wiki or what? Seth Vincent thinks it’d be fun. The recent Olympia transplant started SeattleWiki and… Read More
SEOmoz buys GetListed for $3 million to help small businesses track directory listings SEOmoz is gobbling up another Portland startup, this time acquiring GetListed for about $3 million in cash and stock. The… Read More
Connecting communication chaos: Jumyo helps us string together our social media stories Sometimes, one picture or one Tweet can tell the whole story from an event, whether it’s a Halo 4 launch… Read More
Social media feast: Instagram, Allrecipes break records on Thanksgiving If you enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, own a smartphone and are active on social media, chances are you snapped a… Read More
Music, photos and Tweets: How the Mariners will incorporate social media with their massive new board The Mariners’ holy-huge new video board won’t just be for watching crystal-clear replays — the team has big plans to… Read More
UW policy restricting reporter tweets is not just claiming rights, but taking turf In 2009, the Southeastern Conference, one of the most powerful in college sports, tried something stupid. In a hopeless and… Read More
Should sports reporters be permitted to Tweet every play? Here’s what Pac-12 schools have to say about it By now, you may have heard that the University of Washington athletic department reprimanded a reporter for Tweeting too much… Read More
Twitter limit: University of Washington caps live game coverage for media, threatens credential revocation UPDATE, NOV. 13 3:30 P.M.: We followed up on this story and asked several schools up and down the west coast… Read More
President Barack Obama touts victory on Twitter As the host of the PBS News Hour noted tonight, this might be the beginning of a new era in… Read More
5 ways to watch the election without turning on the TV This morning I woke up, turned on my computer and within minutes sat staring at a map of people voting… Read More
Q&A: Social media maven Jenni Hogan on reshaping the TV news business Jenni Hogan wants to change the way you interact with news — and the way it interacts with you. With… Read More
