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Zillow launches new ad campaign touching on the emotional power of home ownership
Zillow is refreshing its advertising, launching a new campaign today that features people telling personal stories about what homeownership means to them. The campaign — simply dubbed “Home” — starts with eight spots that will run...
Startup Spotlight: Renticity launches in Seattle with platform for mom-and-pop landlords
Seattle’s rising rent prices lead to a lot of housing turnover — which leads to a lot of extra work for landlords. That’s fine for property management companies with the resources to focus on their rentals full-time. But for mom-and-pop landlords, the...
Startup Spotlight: MarketingZoom launches platform for buying and selling marketing expertise
After spending nearly a decade running a motorsports marketing agency, Tony Scott saw a major hole in the marketing field: There wasn’t an industry-standard online marketplace where clients and professionals could connect. “I began to explore the concept of a central hub...
Amazon launches Certificate Manager, offering free SSL/TLS certificates for AWS resources
Amazon has announced a new service called AWS Certificate Manager, offering free SSL/TLS certificates for AWS resources. Back in June, GeekWire reported that Amazon had applied to become a root certificate authority, and now it is clear what that application was for....
Facebook launches ‘Sports Stadium’ to give fans a place to chat during live games
Most sports fans and journalists that monitor online conversation during live sporting events probably utilize Twitter more than any other social media platform. Facebook wants that to change. The social media giant today unveiled the Facebook Sports Stadium, a new platform...
SpaceX rocket launches satellite, but landing attempt ends with a crash
Less than a month after SpaceX’s first successful rocket landing, billionaire Elon Musk’s company tried to do it again today – but this time, the rocket broke a leg and crashed onto its oceangoing landing platform. Oh, and the Falcon 9...
SpaceX launches Jason 3 satellite, then tries to land Falcon 9 rocket at sea
Less than a month after SpaceX’s first successful rocket landing, billionaire Elon Musk’s company tried to do it again today – this time, on a ship at sea. Oh, and the Falcon 9 rocket launched a satellite, too. The primary objective of today’s...
With a historic landing, SpaceX launches new age of spaceflight
SpaceX did it. On Monday night the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket soared into space, separated from the second stage, and then made a guided flight back to a landing site in Florida. The historic flight marked the beginning of the orbital economy...
Beyond the Zestimate: Zillow launches new ‘Price This Home’ tool, escalating feature war with Redfin
Zillow is launching a new feature called “Price This Home,” building on its longstanding, computer-generated Zestimate tool by giving homeowners the ability to refine the estimated value of their home by selecting comparable home sales and listings. The free tool, announced by Zillow tonight, is designed...