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Startup Spotlight: Ripple helps surface local community buzz with viral content-sharing app

It’s not hard to recognize when a post or video has gone viral. You’ll likely see it several times on… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Deehubs uses building walls for social media platform

Social media is often disparaged as the playground of narcissists or politically self-righteous relatives we try to avoid. But while we could… Read More

Facebook improves search to help users find specific posts by friends

Remember that one time your friend posted about a killer bar in New York? Going back and finding that post… Read More

Twitter will start tracking which apps you have installed, starting today

Love the apps installed on your phone? Twitter wants to know all about them. The social networking company plans to… Read More

Seattle startup Rival IQ reels in $1 million to help track competitors on social media

Rival IQ wants to help organizations make better sense of information, while also keeping close tabs on the competition. And… Read More

How online scammers created a fake identity using little more than my picture

I am not the me that others think I should be. Especially if you judge my identity by those who… Read More

Gamergate: The Internet as a weapon of mass destruction

What is Gamergate? Most folks outside the games industry are understandably confused by what appears to be an internal dispute… Read More

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From AIDS to Ebola: In rumor control, only the tech changes

As a species, we don’t seem to get any smarter about rumors and misinformation – even if our technology evolves.… Read More

News Brief

Venuelabs unveils AboutLocal to help merchants monitor social media chatter

Seattle startup Venuelabs today unveiled AboutLocal, a new service that helps merchants listen to what is being said about them… Read More

Seattle startup Snap Skout changes name to Tack, turns popular Facebook posts into online ads

Seattle startup Snap Skout has changed its name to Tack and launched a new product that helps small businesses turn… Read More

The Boston marathon bombing: Finding fact from fiction on Twitter during disasters

Social media platforms are powerful resources during disasters, but important messages can easily be drowned out in 140 misinformed characters.… Read More

Finding a good way to share really bad news on social media

I’m about to overshare on sharing. I have good reason. In mid-June, my wife Dee Dee was diagnosed with breast… Read More

Social media manager Hootsuite raises $60 million at valuation near $1 billion

Hootsuite, the Vancouver, B.C.-based startup that helps organizations better manage social media efforts, has pulled in another $60 million in… Read More

Facebook pushes newsy content higher in News Feed with new tweaks

Want to keep up with what’s happening in the world? Facebook’s News Feed will soon be a better place to… Read More

Nuking Facebook: 30 days later, the fallout

A month ago I did the unthinkable. I quit Facebook. There’s a lot you might learn from my experience, even… Read More

Simply Measured

Simply Measured cuts 10% of staff in ‘course correction’ to set up next phase of growth

Seattle social media analytics startup Simply Measured cut 15 employees, or 10 percent of its workforce, as part of a restructuring… Read More

Driving while tweeting: Airbiquity updates Choreo in-car system with hands-free Twitter integration

Airbiquity has updated its Choreo in-car services platform to enable hands-free integration with Twitter, so that drivers can keep track of what’s… Read More

The problem with the police’s plea to ‘Tweet Smart’

Considering this week’s events in Ferguson, Missouri, isn’t it smartest for the public to tweet more real-time police activity in some… Read More

Get ready for video ads in Twitter

As a part of its ongoing quest to monetize its social networking service, Twitter announced Tuesday that it’s rolling out Promoted… Read More

Twitter beats expectations with $250M in revenue, but user numbers disappoint

Twitter announced today that it brought in $250 million in revenue during the first quarter of 2014, up more than… Read More

Facebook takes a shot at Twitter with new content aggregator for journalists

Post by FB Newswire.   Today, Facebook unveiled FB Newswire, a service designed to help journalists find up-to-the-minute information about… Read More

Facebook beats Q1 expectations with $2.5B in revenue; CFO resigning

Facebook beat Wall Street’s expectations today with a Q1 revenue of $2.5 billion and an $0.34 EPS. The company also announced that… Read More

New UW football coach lifts Twitter ban for players, brings in social media advisor

During his previous coaching stint with Boise State University, Chris Petersen made sure to keep his players off Twitter. But now,… Read More

Klout’s acquisition gives Microsoft a tiny bit more social media clout

Klout, a platform which measures your influence online — and has close ties to Microsoft — has been acquired by… Read More

Two thumbs up 2.0: How social media affects our behavior at the movie theater

Social media tools are changing the movie theater experience before, during and after seeing a flick on the big screen.… Read More

Twitter hops in the wayback machine to offer a glimpse at your very first Tweet

In preparation for its eighth anniversary, Twitter has launched a new website that allows users to take a look back… Read More

Simply Measured

Social media analytics startup Simply Measured raises $20M, wants to be Seattle’s next tech titan

Simply Measured is simply on fire. Less than a year after the company took home GeekWire’s 2013 Startup of the Year… Read More

Facebook is rolling out a redesigned news feed

Facebook users will see a new look rolling out to their News Feed over the course of the coming weeks.… Read More

Hold your fire: Facebook, Instagram try to curb gun sales without background checks

Facebook announced today that it will take steps to prevent illegal gun sales on its site and Instagram, following intense… Read More

Yahoo acquires social media visualization startup Vizify

Vizify, a Portland-based startup that turns your social media chatter into visualizations, today was acquired by Yahoo. Founded by Todd Silverstein,… Read More

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