Are all those Facebook posts about political candidates amounting to much when it comes to civic engagement? A new report from the Pew Research Center breaks down civic participation and social media. Read more »
As the stakes rise for Twitter when it comes to the security and monetary risks surrounding tweets, it’s time for the company to consider stepping up its security practices to keep accounts safer from hacks. Read more »
The Democratic chairman is stepping down, according to the Wall Street Journal, just as a Republican commissioner is departing, preserving an administration-friendly majority on the commission. Read more »
While Twitter is increasingly encouraging us to look at measures like tweets per minute to measure reactions to national events, data from the Pew center comparing Twitter opinions with overall public opinion serves as a reminder that tweets aren’t yet a perfect measure. Read more »
President Obama offered some tough talk on patent trolls, the parasite shell companies that are taxing the start-up sector. He has the power to fix the problem — it’s time for him to use it. Read more »
The news had more than one report of Chinese hackers targeting United States media companies this week including the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and according to a blog post from Twitter, it seems the social media company faced security threats as well. Read more »
As voters increasingly spend their leisure time with things other than newspapers and television, political campaigns need new methods of making sure their messages reach those people. Obama for America’s Rayid Ghani took to Facebook to find not just possible voters, but possible campaign workers. Read more »
The web has thoroughly infiltrated the political process, much like TV did in the 1960s. A series of posts on how the Obama team managed to analyze data, format its emails and now, build a fundraising API are showing how much web savvy and infrastructure matters. Read more »
The US presidential election was further proof that 2012 has been a good year to be a quant — and being a data scientist has never been sexier. But data is nothing without trust, says former Last.fm executive Matthew Hawn. Read more »
President Barack Obama’s re-election, partially fueled by a huge Latino turnout, puts immigration reform front-and-center, at least that’s the hope of immigration reformer Ali Noorani and tech exec Reed Sturtevant. Read more »
Obama for America CTO Harper Reed had helped build Threadless, a site for selling hip t-shirts, but he had never done anything like this. Here’s how he and his team built a tech platform that might forever change how presidential campaigns are built. Read more »
An article at Jezebel identifies high-school students who posted racist tweets in the wake of the election, raising a number of questions about what we consider to be an appropriate response to that kind of behavior, and when the cure is worse than the disease. Read more »
Last night, as the results of the 2012 election rolled in, millions of Americans were glued to their TVs, computers and smartphones. But those who had relied on Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight throughout the campaign had to turn to TV networks and Twitter at the end. Read more at paidContent »
The debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney was the most tweeted-about event in U.S. political history — but is the kind of real-time commentary and instant analysis that Twitter provides a good thing or a bad thing for the political process or society as a whole? Read more »
This week’s Democratic National Convention will be live streamed by a number of broadcasters, print publishers and political websites. There will be live fact checking, live video for iPads, a live hat cam and even a live Kumar cameo. Check out the details in our ultimate guide. Read more »
The rise of social media tools such as blogs and Twitter have changed the political landscape, in part by speeding up the news cycle and broadening the range of sources that are available. But are these developments good or bad for the practice of political journalism? Read more »
If you believe in the aura of the Klout score, get ready for major updates: The company is adding more information and feedback to its online user profiles, and updating analytics used to calculate your score. What it means? Your Klout score may vary. Read more »
Former Republican presidential candiate Herman Cain is launching a web TV channel, “CainTV,” tomorrow for the 4th of July. It promises “whether you are looking for commentary, comedy, or culture, CainTV delivers it all in an Informed, Inspirational, and INtertaining way.” (Sic?) Read more at paidContent »
PoliticIt is a Logan, Utah-based startup that uses machine learning to gauge the popularity of political candidates by measuring their digital influence. Its system has proven remarkably accurate in predicting winners, but its real promise is in leveling the playing field between political haves and have-nots. Read more »
Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: Steve Jobs’ gives Obama’s campaign social media advice, Apple’s new “free” websites, updated security permissions in iOS 6 and slightly creepy geo-fencing features in Find My Friends. Read more »
A new study has shown that highly popular Twitter accounts such as Barack Obama and Britney Spears may be inadvertently contributing to the swell of tweet spam — and that millions of users trying to increase their online influence may also play a major role. Read more »
I thought it would be cool to be retweeted by the President, but it kind of sucked. Read more at paidContent »
On Monday Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown urged a Boston audience to pressure his Senate colleagues to bring his crowdfunding bill – or any crowdfunding bill for that matter—to a vote soon. The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing on the issue on Tuesday. Read more »
The White House announced major privacy initiatives this week amidst a growing hubbub over how technology companies use consumers’ personal… Read more at paidContent »
The White House announced major privacy initiatives this week amidst a growing hubbub over how technology companies use consumers’ personal data. The news sheds light on both the privacy debate and on how the players involved are attempting to maintain political control of the issue… Read more »
It’s an election year, which means politicians are frantically trying to raise money for their campaigns. President Obama’s re-election camp… Read more at paidContent »
Square, the mobile payment acceptance tool, has gotten a big endorsement from the merchant in chief. The Obama re-election campaign said today it is equipping staff, field organizers and volunteers with Square hardware to allow them to process campaign donations from their mobile phone. Read more »
On one hand, Obama said he won’t walk away from clean power, despite acknowledging that some companies will fail, in the State of the Union address on Tuesday night. On the other hand, Obama pledged to open up 75% of the U.S.’s offshore oil drilling resources. Read more »
President Obama’s State of the Union address will be carried on all the major broadcast networks, as well as on all the cable news channels. But if you’re unable to watch on TV, the speech will be available online and on multiple mobile and connected platforms. Read more »
With a competitive primary and caucus season upon us for the 2012 Republican Presidential race (the Democratic race is uncontested with President Obama running for re-election), your iPhone could be a handy guide in helping you decide whom to vote for. Read more »
Building on his social media success in 2008, it looks like big data will be a driving force behind President Obama’s reelection campaign. To that end, his team is taking to the streets to find data scientists and engineers, including at an event Tuesday at Stanford. Read more »
After having a YouTube Q&A and a Facebook session, the Obama administration upped the ante with a Twitter town hall on Wednesday. While it wasn’t exactly a dramatic step towards transparency and openness, it was probably a little better than a traditional town hall. Read more »
This year’s broadcast of President Obama’s third State of the Union kicks off officially tonight at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, and online plans for it have evolved dramatically from last year’s coverage, with enhanced viewing options offering heightened insight into the action on screen. Read more »
One joke from President Obama, made two weeks ago during a press conference, has kicked off a national branded campaign led by a daily episodic web series, thanks to 7-Eleven and Happy Little Guillotine Films. Obama, however, holds the key to the show being a success. Read more »
Over the last month, over 2,000 videos have been contributed to Dan Savage’s It Gets Better Project for LGBT teenagers, with countless more statements of compassion scattered across social networking sites. Last night, President Obama joined those speaking out on Youtube — but should he have? Read more »
President Barack Obama will be participating in a first-of-its-kind online video event today, answering questions via YouTube’s CitizenTube channel. The event, which begins at 1:45 p.m. EST/10:45 a.m. PST, is a followup to last week’s State of the Union address, and will open up the floor […] Read more »
One of the biggest talking points coming out of Obama’s State of the Union address tonight has nothing to do with the President’s agenda for the year — instead, the chatter currently threatening to overwhelm any serious discussion of national issues is MSNBC’s Chris Matthews commenting […] Read more »
President Obama, who will give his State of the Union address tomorrow, will go online the following week to directly answer questions from the Internet. And when he does, he’ll be appearing on the biggest online video platform there is: YouTube. YouTube will be streaming tomorrow’s […] Read more »
The White House continues to push video technology as a way to reach online citizens, now opening up live video chats with Obama administration officials on a number of topics, including discussions on clean energy, foreign policy, and health care. The chats integrate with Facebook and […] Read more »
Another year is almost in the books, which means it’s time to look back at the stories that got the most eyeballs on NewTeeVee over the course of 2009. This year, Michael Jackson and Barack Obama were big draws, as one might expect. But two other […] Read more »
