Facebook testing ads in Marketplace, its Craigslist and OfferUp challenger Facebook will start testing ads in its local sales tool, Marketplace, according to reports from Recode and Marketing Land. The… Read More
Report: Snapchat parent Snap Inc. quietly files for IPO Snap Inc., the company that operates blockbuster messaging app Snapchat, is in the process of filing for an initial public… Read More
Startup Spotlight: ‘Tinder for friends’ app Patook uses artificial intelligence to weed out flirting Geosocial apps are having a bit of a moment. Tinder, Bumble, and a host of other services have emerged in… Read More
Seven months later, Allrecipes’ millennial-focused redesign attracts new users — and critics Allrecipes spent most of 2015 cooking up what it calls “Dot Next,” a redesign with an emphasis on social features,… Read More
Twitter at 10: Jack Dorsey speaks out about augmenting reality, shifting priorities, and facing challenges Ten years ago, to the day, Jack Dorsey launched a platform that would facilitate social movements, spark a new form of… Read More
Amazon’s Audible introduces shareable audio ‘Clips’ to make audiobooks more social Sharing your favorite passages from an e-book is pretty easy. Just highlight the text and click to share. But there’s a… Read More
Oculus adds social features and Facebook integration to Samsung Gear VR experience Do you reminisce about the days of playing video games with dorm roommates? Even if you and your friends are… Read More
Are you DTH? Seattle startup launches app for making plans with friends This past weekend, nearly 100 people wandered around Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood looking for a unicorn. No, not one of the… Read More
How Microsoft is changing the social features on Xbox One and the Windows 10 Xbox app Xbox One Preview members and users of the Xbox beta app on Windows 10 will start seeing a number of tweaks… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Seattle salsa dancers start HurryOut to make it easy to find local events Digital tools have streamlined services in almost every sector — from daily deals to travel planning to video sharing — but… Read More
Facebook reports $2.6B in revenue, 1.23B monthly active users, beating estimates Facebook announced today that it brought in $2.6 billion in revenue last quarter, up 63 percent from the same period… Read More
Socially conscious companies: Meet the 4 do-good startups from Fledge’s latest class From water-powered USB chargers to a post-disaster housing marketplace, four new socially-conscious startups just graduated from Fledge’s third class ever.… Read More
Deloitte Digital takes root in Seattle, buys social media agency Banyan Branch Deloitte Digital is taking a deeper interest in Seattle, buying social media consultancy Banyan Branch for an undisclosed sum. The… Read More
Amazon debuts group gift cards for birthdays on Facebook Facebook already makes it easy to remember the birthdays of your friends. Now, with a little help from Amazon, you… Read More
Zynga CEO on job cuts: ‘None of us ever expected to face a day like today’ Zynga, the one-time high-flying maker of social games such as FarmVille and Words With Friends, is cutting 18 percent of… Read More
Blab launches software to predict social media conversations No, Blab’s new platform can’t necessarily predict the future. But what the Seattle-based social analytics company did debut today is… 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
Ex-Marchex exec lands cash for Lucky Oyster, plans to take on Bing and Google in social search Matthew Berk is just four weeks into his new Seattle startup, Lucky Oyster. But the former executive vice president of product… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Qoiza helps you share your favorite products with friends, and earn rewards along the way The recent explosion of sites dedicated to sharing products that you love (Pinterest, Fancy, Wanelo) has brought another trend to… Read More
Q&A: How Bing is using your friends to challenge Google Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show and podcast was Stefan Weitz from Microsoft Bing. He gave us a broad update on… Read More
