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Facebook reverses stance after blocking Microsoft and WhitePages from sponsoring Startup Weekend

Teams of developers, designers and entrepreneurs are heads-down at Facebook’s Seattle engineering outpost on this rainy Sunday for Startup Weekend… Read More

Microsoft pokes at Facebook, says new ‘Home’ is like Windows Phone in 2011

Microsoft is a longtime Facebook partner and investor, but that isn’t stopping the Redmond company from making some jabs over… Read More

Facebook Home: A replacement for Android homescreens designed around people

Facebook today announced a new Android software integration called Facebook Home that will put Facebook services at the forefront of… Read More

An app for your apps: WideAngle puts your photos in one place

Say you’ve just returned from a weekend trip in Vegas. You and all your raging friends took many, many pictures… Read More

Plants vs. Zombies coming to Facebook with Plants vs. Zombies Adventures

No, the sequel to Plants vs. Zombies hasn’t arrived yet (it’s coming this summer). But in the meantime, PopCap is… Read More

Chirpify for Facebook: The first way to make purchases from your news feed

Chirpify already lets you make purchases via your Twitter and Instagram feeds. It was only natural for them to expand to… Read More

Tech Moves: Opscode hires former Likewise CEO Barry Crist; Hulu changes; etc.

Barry Crist, the former CEO of Likewise, has joined Opscode as vice president of enterprise. He will report to CEO… Read More

Facebook establishing temporary engineering center in B.C.

Facebook already has a growing engineering operation in Seattle. Now, the social networking powerhouse is heading north of the border… Read More

Nerd Notes: A free Smart Car, Subway sandwich thieves and the pope resigning, again

Editor’s Note: Nerd Notes is GeekWire’s roundup of random geekiness from around the globe. Want a free Smart Car? If you refer… Read More

Zuckerberg leads list of most-liked CEOs; Bezos’ approval rating soars and Ballmer is a no-show in top 50

Do you like the job your boss is doing? If you work at Facebook, Amazon.com, Salesforce.com, EMC, SAP, Apple or… Read More

Netflix & Facebook, together at last — for better or worse

Netflix this morning launched its long-awaited “Netflix Social” feature, letting its customers connect their Netflix accounts to Facebook to share… Read More

Nerd Notes: An elevator murder prank and Steve Ballmer starring in a Taylor Swift song

Editor’s Note: Nerd Notes is GeekWire’s roundup of random geekiness from around the globe. Not-so-funny elevator prank: The marketing team for… Read More

Baby pictures on Facebook: Audience, nuance and joy

I didn’t believe it at first. One second my husband was filming our son with my phone, the next second… Read More

A LinkedIn rival: InternMatch expands to entry-level jobs

Things are moving fast for the folks over at InternMatch. They raised $1.2 million in January, are averaging five million… Read More

Nerd Notes: Gay marriage and sushi, printable guns, and a 5-year-old’s $2,500 iPad spending spree

Editor’s Note: Nerd Notes is GeekWire’s roundup of random geekiness from around the globe. National Day of Unplugging (NDU): Beginning tonight… Read More

It’s official: Facebook buying Atlas ad system from Microsoft

Microsoft is selling its Atlas Advertising Suite to Facebook, the companies confirmed this afternoon. Financial terms of the purchase weren’t… Read More

GameHouse launches new Facebook casino, expands slots to iPhone and iPad

GameHouse is placing a bigger bet on casino-style social gaming starting today— moving beyond its existing Facebook slots game to… Read More

Instagram hits 100M user mark 28 months after launch

Instagram, welcome to the 100 million club. The Facebook-owned photo sharing social network announced today that two-and-a-half years after launch,… Read More

Youngsters think Microsoft is getting cooler as it ages

Looks like those hip new Microsoft commercials are paying off.  A Reuters poll found that just under 50 percent of… Read More

Report: Microsoft close to deal to sell Atlas ad platform to Facebook

Microsoft could reach a deal to sell its Atlas ad-serving platform to Facebook as early as next week, helping the… Read More

POLL: Should employers have access to your social media passwords?

Imagine this for a second: You walk into your next job interview, sit down and the employer asks you for… Read More

Facebook taps Seattle cloud startup Opscode to help automate core infrastructure

Facebook has a growing array of computer servers that it uses to power all of its services, from messaging to… Read More

Turn your travel photos into a movie with Expedia’s ‘Find Yours’ app

Toss out iMovie and Windows Movie Maker — Expedia’s new app is turning your travel photos into a mini-movie with… Read More

Facebook debuts universal gift card you can send to anyone

Giving gifts on Facebook has always been a virtual tool, but now the social media giant is unveiling physical, reusable Facebook… Read More

The 10 social media tools that every startup must have

Social media has revolutionized the way we communicate. With the revolution has come insane amounts of data, analytics and information… Read More

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

Q&A: Vanessa Fox on Facebook, Google and the changing world of search

During last week’s GeekWire podcast, Todd Bishop and John Cook had the opportunity to chat with search industry veteran and startup… Read More

Bing beefs up social sidebar with more Facebook content

Just two days after landing a big partnership with Facebook’s new Graph Search, Bing today announced more robust Facebook integration… Read More

3 ways digital media is turning us into 2nd graders

We are all regressing. And I have proof from an authoritative source: the state of children’s books. The underlying reasons… Read More

Big win for Microsoft: Facebook partnering with Bing for “Graph Search”

While employees at Google may be worried about Facebook’s latest move, the Bing people over at Microsoft are pumping their… Read More

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