Does Facebook’s new ‘subscribe’ button go too far? Here’s a surprise. Facebook is copying Twitter. Again. But this time, they might be going too far — for their… Read More
Seattle gamification startup BigDoor buys OneTrueFan BigDoor believes it has the keys to success to increase engagement on Web sites. And today the fast-growing Seattle startup… Read More
Intersect raises cash to help people chronicle and share their personal journeys It has been nearly a year since Peter Rinearson’s stealthy Intersect started testing its social networking service, a new way… Read More
Chart: Twitter and Facebook chatter mushroomed as stock market tanked There’s an old adage in the media business that “if it bleeds, it leads.” That also seems to be holding… Read More
Recap: Twitter and Obama reinvent the town hall, with a little help from algorithms Guest Post: Today, President Obama participated in the first White House Town Hall on Twitter. The White House asked people… Read More
Obama’s latest social media Town Hall: Will Twitter do better than Facebook? Twitter will be in the spotlight today, along with President Obama, as the company and the White House present a… Read More
Finding the ‘recipe’ for digital democracy in the Middle East As Americans celebrate their revolutionary anniversary today, other countries, especially in the Middle East, are still in the midst of… Read More
Startup Spotlight: Alien landings, baseball standings and other iPrediktions Aliens will first land in Chechnya. Sarah Palin will not run for president in 2012. And the Mariners will be… Read More
A creative explosion set for Tuesday: Sir Mix-A-Lot meets Giant Thinkwell This is going to be fun to watch. The creative forces of Sir Mix-A-Lot and Giant Thinkwell are set to collide… Read More
Votocracy looks to shake-up 2012 presidential race, recruits Average Joes to campaign online Think you’re better equipped to run for president than Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney or Barack Obama? If so, Votocracy wants… Read More
Venpop looks to turn Facebook pages into social shopping destinations More and more retailers are thinking about ways to conduct business on Facebook and Twitter. That, in turn, is sparking… Read More
Weiner says to blame him, nothing wrong with Twitter OK, we admit it, we tuned in to see the latest in the Anthony Weiner debacle today, as the Congressman… Read More
Why your product must be social — not just your marketing Guest Commentary: If you market to consumers, you will be out of business in 10 years if you don’t have… Read More
Rep. Weiner claims Twitter hack as lewd photo sent to Seattle college student A Seattle college student has found herself in the middle of an Internet kerfuffle after a lewd photo was allegedly… Read More
Geek of the Week: Arianna O’Dell — entrepreneur, marketer, startup sparkplug Arianna O’Dell, GeekWire’s latest Geek of the Week, has an infectious entrepreneurial spirit, a mind for marketing, and a million startup… Read More
Prosodic to help brands cut through social media noise by predicting what Facebook posts will resonate As the head of social media agency Nology Media, Leigh Fatzinger would sometimes publish as many as 5,000 Facebook posts… Read More
CityGrid Media buys social media monitoring service BuzzLabs The consolidation continues in the social media monitoring space. And now one of Seattle’s upstarts is benefiting. BuzzLabs, a 2-year-old… Read More
Sex columnist Dan Savage: The undisputed social media news king of Seattle The Stranger’s Dan Savage is crude, lewd and, at times, outrageously funny. Seattle’s best-known sex advice columnist also is an… Read More
Social media monitoring startup Visible Technologies raises $6 million Visible Technologies has raised an additional $6 million, money that CEO Kelly Pennock said will help the heavily-funded company accelerate… Read More
The ‘Fourth Place’: Starbucks as a technology giant Starbucks has always aspired to be the quintessential “third place,” giving people another place to settle in apart from home… Read More
Podcast Rewind: Hanson Hosein on SxSW, iPad 2, NYT paywall Our guest this past weekend on the inaugural GeekWire Podcast was television news veteran and gadget aficionado Hanson Hosein, director… Read More
Stuck on I-5, driver apologizes on Twitter: ‘Yeah, that’s me’ If your car broke down in the middle of Interstate 5, how would you react? KING 5 has a funny… Read More
