The Seattle office of the Online Computer Library Center has been awarded $ 250,000 as one of the winners of the Knight News Challenge on Libraries...
Seattle-based project to make librarians Wikipedia stars wins $250K in Knight News Challenge
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From sports news to social media marketing: Ripl raises $1.8M after series of pivots
It took a couple pivots, a lot of grit, and a little bit of sacrifice — but Paul Ingalls...
Look what’s trending: Mark Zuckerberg reacts to news stories about how Facebook manages site feature
In a collision of circumstances, news about how Facebook selects items for its Trending Topics menu and CEO...
Zillow Group revenue up 7% to $169.4M, but News Corp suit cuts into profits
Real estate media giant Zillow Group just posted fourth-quarter revenue of $ 169.4 million, up 7 percent over the same quarter last year and exceeding the expectations of analysts polled in advance. However, the company’s profits fell short of expectations, after taking an $...
Watch today’s big news about gravitational waves
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scientists will be sharing their big news about gravitational waves in locales ranging from Moscow, Russia, to Hanford, Wash. – and you can get in on the scoop as well, via the National Science Foundation’s webcast from Washington. The NSF is bringing together scientists from...
Why haven’t we found aliens? Here’s the bad news, and the good news
It’s a question that goes back decades: If other civilizations have arisen beyond Earth over the course of billions of years, why haven’t we heard from them? Two kinds of answers have recently come into the spotlight – one kind that’s disheartening, and another kind...
Michael Bloomberg, tech’s favorite potential presidential candidate, scores low in Iowa poll by his own news service
Frank Sinatra famously sang that if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. But maybe not. A poll by his own news service indicates that Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman and former New York mayor who reportedly is considering a run for...
Beyond the ‘Like’ button: Facebook Reactions coming to News Feed soon
The Like button is getting some friends soon. Facebook is rolling out a full line of “Reactions” to the public in the coming weeks, according to a Bloomberg profile of the company’s chief product officer Chris Cox. The program has been in testing...
Microsoft’s new ‘News Pro’ app for iPhone offers an alternative to Apple News
Microsoft has another app made just for iOS, and this one is competing directly with one of Apple’s newest apps. News Pro provides “hyper-relevant news for your work,” according to its website. And while it does seem to surface...
GeekWire Radio: Snapchat’s new Seattle home, Starbucks’ digital growth, and more of the week’s tech news
This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Details on a prominent space entrepreneur’s mysterious next venture, Snapchat finds a Seattle home with room for 50 engineers, and Starbucks makes progress with smartphone ordering. Plus, a new App...
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