Facebook will start testing ads in its local sales tool, Marketplace, according to reports from Recode and Marketing Land. The native ads — sponsored content that looks similar to posts from ordinary… Read More
Snap Inc., the company that operates blockbuster messaging app Snapchat, is in the process of filing for an initial public offering, according to The Wall Street Journal. WSJ initially reported Snap’s… Read More
Geosocial apps are having a bit of a moment. Tinder, Bumble, and a host of other services have emerged in recent years, promising to foster connections with real people, nearby.… Read More
Allrecipes spent most of 2015 cooking up what it calls “Dot Next,” a redesign with an emphasis on social features, mobile optimization, and community. The Seattle-based online recipe company’s goal… Read More
Ten years ago, to the day, Jack Dorsey launched a platform that would facilitate social movements, spark a new form of shorthand internet speak, and bring people together during major world… Read More
Sharing your favorite passages from an e-book is pretty easy. Just highlight the text and click to share. But there’s a big difference between reading a passage and hearing it read… Read More
Do you reminisce about the days of playing video games with dorm roommates? Even if you and your friends are dispersed across the country, you can now play games and… Read More
This past weekend, nearly 100 people wandered around Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood looking for a unicorn. No, not one of the region’s billion-dollar startups, but a pink unicorn, named Mr. Sparkles.… Read More
Xbox One Preview members and users of the Xbox beta app on Windows 10 will start seeing a number of tweaks to the social aspects of the gaming console in the… Read More
Digital tools have streamlined services in almost every sector — from daily deals to travel planning to video sharing — but event promotion still largely relies on traditional channels. Seattle startup HurryOut… Read More
Facebook announced today that it brought in $2.6 billion in revenue last quarter, up 63 percent from the same period a year ago. In addition, the company reported $780 million… Read More
From water-powered USB chargers to a post-disaster housing marketplace, four new socially-conscious startups just graduated from Fledge’s third class ever. Fledge, an incubator program led by Michael “Luni” Libes, held its third-ever Demo… Read More
Deloitte Digital is taking a deeper interest in Seattle, buying social media consultancy Banyan Branch for an undisclosed sum. The deal marks the second big acquisition in Seattle for Deloitte… Read More
Facebook already makes it easy to remember the birthdays of your friends. Now, with a little help from Amazon, you can send group-based gift cards, too. Amazon Birthday Gift debuted… Read More
Zynga, the one-time high-flying maker of social games such as FarmVille and Words With Friends, is cutting 18 percent of its workforce and shutting down offices in New York, LA… Read More
No, Blab’s new platform can’t necessarily predict the future. But what the Seattle-based social analytics company did debut today is software that will help brands determine which of the millions… Read More
Just two days after landing a big partnership with Facebook’s new Graph Search, Bing today announced more robust Facebook integration with Microsoft’s search engine. Currently when you search on Bing,… Read More
Matthew Berk is just four weeks into his new Seattle startup, Lucky Oyster. But the former executive vice president of product engineering at Marchex and CTO at Open List already understands… Read More
The recent explosion of sites dedicated to sharing products that you love (Pinterest, Fancy, Wanelo) has brought another trend to the startup world, analytics and rewards platforms. Companies want to… Read More
Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was Stefan Weitz from Microsoft Bing. He gave us a broad update on the latest developments from the Microsoft search team — including… Read More