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Lockerz buys online fashion site Chick Approved

Lockerz continues to bolster its ranks through acquisitions, with the fast-growing Seattle social shopping company announcing that it has acquired… Read More

A little piece of Facebook: Would you invest in Zuck’s big IPO?

Facebook has the Internets abuzz this week in advance of its IPO announcement. It is coming with plenty of speculation:… Read More

Facebook sets IPO range: Social networking giant to be valued at more than $75 billion

Facebook is getting one step closer to becoming a publicly-traded company, with the social networking powerhouse today disclosing in a… Read More

Chirpify lands $1.3 million to sell music and concert tickets through Twitter

Twitter is great for sharing content. But when it comes to actually conducting commerce, the fast-growing social networking service leaves… Read More

Baby’s first turd and other unshareables: How Mom is too Mom?

There was no way she was serious. “Please tell me you’ve never actually seen someone post a pic of their… Read More

Live from Facebook’s new Seattle engineering office

UPDATE: The live broadcast is now over, but you can watch the archived version above. I’m over at the new… Read More

The battle to train a market: Instagram is what Facebook has been telling you guys to do for like a year, okay?

By now, it’s probably been brought to your attention that Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars on Monday, valuing… Read More

Say, what? Myspace moves up in ranking of top 50 U.S. Web sites

Facebook and Pinterest may be all of the rage. But a social networking site of another era is having a… Read More

Startup Spotlight: MoxTree branches out with a social network for moms

As the mother of two young children, Victoria Oldridge knows just how challenging it can be to raise kids. Sometimes… Read More

How I used Pinterest to plan my wedding

Planning a wedding can be a dream come true. I was lucky enough to find the right person and was… Read More

Why Facebook may surrender users to niche social networks

What do you recall seeing in your Facebook feed recently? The following are recurring items in mine: an e-card character… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Korrio looks to score with social network for youth sports

As a father and coach, Steve Goldman experienced first-hand the pains of getting youth sports teams organized. And as a… Read More

PopCap doubles down on Facebook games with grand opening of Lucky Gem Casino

This could get pretty interesting. PopCap Games this week launched a new series of casino-style games on Facebook in which… Read More

What would Wael Ghonim do? 5 lessons from the world’s most successful online community manager

The world’s most successful online community manager was in Seattle last week, and you probably had no idea. Wael Ghonim,… Read More

Couple Fire: A social network for those locked in long-distance relationships

On this Valentine’s Day, it is worth remembering that not everyone gets to spend time with their loved ones. Many… Read More

nFluence Media raises $3M, touts dealBoard app for mobile offers

nFluence Media is taking the wraps off its stealthy service today, showcasing for the first time a new mobile offering… Read More

Facebook reportedly eyeing IPO filing for next week

Facebook is reportedly planning to file for its much-awaited initial public offering, with The Wall Street Journal reporting today that… Read More

This Internet thing is gonna be pretty huge after all: Nearly half of the planet’s population to become Web users by 2016

In case you need a friendly reminder, The Boston Consulting Group just came out with projections for how the Internet… Read More

Howard Schultz: How Twitter and Facebook are saving Starbucks money

Starbucks just turned in a record quarter, posting $3.4 billion in revenue and the highest quarterly earnings in the company’s… Read More

Video: Rob McKenna looks to knock multi-million dollar scheme off Facebook

Facebook unites hundreds of millions of people each day, but lurking in the shadows are some bad actors who treat… Read More

Wavii moves toward reality with goal of helping people manage information overload

Wavii, the stealthy Seattle startup led by Adrian Aoun, is getting closer to unveiling a new service that’s designed to… Read More

Ex-Microsoft interns sell Summify to Twitter: Popular news service will shut down

Mircea Paşoi and Cristian Strat, the two Romanian Web developers who founded Summify instead of taking jobs at Facebook and… Read More

A FarmVille for wetlands? Students create Facebook game with proceeds going to wetland restoration

The University of Washington Bothell is located on the edge of a marshy wetland, created by a vibrant ecosystem around… Read More

Get neighborly advice from your Facebook friends with new service from Zillow

One of the most important aspects of buying a new home is knowing the particulars of the neighborhood. Ask any… Read More

A $10 billion Facebook IPO would be bigger than every tech IPO of 2011 (combined)

Technology companies reeled in more cash via IPOs than any other sector in 2011, buoyed by public offerings from companies… Read More

Q&A: Facebook engineering VP Jay Parikh explains what they look for in developers (and much more)

One of the first things that struck me upon entering Facebook’s 17-month-old engineering office in downtown Seattle today was the… Read More

Tablets are the new game consoles, and other game industry predictions for 2012

Guest Commentary: The video game industry is changing like never before. Here are my best attempts at peering into the crystal… Read More

Geoff Entress, Keith Smith and others bankroll TechStars grad GoChime

GoChime, a recent grad of the TechStars Seattle incubation program, has raised $630,000 in financing from angel investors Geoff Entress, Matt… Read More

Social gaming powerhouse Zynga raises $1B in largest Internet IPO since Google

The highly-anticipated initial public offering for Zynga is moving forward, with Bloomberg News reporting that the maker of FarmVille, Mafia… Read More

Led by Seattle tech veterans, hi5 finds a buyer in Tagged

Hi5, the San Francisco social networking company led by Seattle gaming and advertising veterans Bill Gossman and Alex St. John,… Read More

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