If you’ve used social media a lot, you’ve seen the first tweet ever. Posted on March 21, 2006 by Twitter co-founder and current CEO Jack Dorsey, It didn’t say much, …
Read moreTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey has created an NFT for the first tweet
“What happens here is important everywhere.” GeekWire’s renovated conference room, themed about the Seattle area tech community, awaits our return to the office. (BCRA Design Photo) Anniversaries are not news! …
Read moreGeekWire turns 10: Reflections on an extraordinary decade in Seattle tech
The man who probably ushered in the current SPAC rush with the merger of Virgin Galactic with his holding company Social Capital Hedosophia has sold the rest of his personal …
Banzai, a Seattle startup that sells event marketing software, has raised $ 15 million in venture capital. Columbia Pacific Advisors led the round, which included Gaingels’ participation. Banzai was founded …
Read moreBanzai raises $15M as investors pour cash into virtual event platforms
Insurance agents spend hours completing paperwork and getting customer information over the phone. InsurGrid, a new startup in the seed stage, has developed a software solution that simplifies the process …
Read moreInsurGrid raises pre-seed financing to help modernize legacy insurance agents – TechCrunch
TikTok’s Q&A is now official. The feature was first spotted last month when TikTok started testing it with users who had 10,000 or more followers. But now the app allows …
Downstream co-founders Salim Hamed (left, CTO) and Connor Folley (CEO). (Downstream photo) Jungle Scout raised $ 110 million and today announced it has acquired Downstream, a Seattle startup helping brands …
A security flaw A website operated by the Indian government in West Bengal published the laboratory results of at least hundreds of thousands of residents, but probably also of millions …
Read moreIndian state government website exposed COVID-19 lab test results – TechCrunch
After a last-second crash today, SpaceX launched the SN10 spacecraft in a high-altitude flight test that lasted 10 km above the earth. The main difference between this test and previous …
Read moreSpaceX’s SN10 Starship sticks the landing — and then explodes
(Dapper Labs photo) NFTs go viral: Digital collectibles, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are suddenly the topic of conversation in the tech world. They have been around for a …