Back in June after the first reports based on Edward Snowden’s leaks were published, President Obama boldly defended the NSA spying programs. He even called them "transparent." But boy oh boy have the folks over at the NSA let him down on that count.
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President Obama announced a series of reforms to the country’s surveillance practices on Friday at his first full press conference in nearly three months. The actions the administration is taking are many, and there’s still a lot that’s up in the air. One thing’s for sure, though. Obama does not think Edward Snowden deserves any credit.
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Edward Snowden—the former NSA contractor who revealed
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In the background of this photo, the Commander-in-Chief and his lovely wife are dancing to Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” for the Inauguration Ball slow dance. But you can’t really tell. What you see is a swarm of arms and cell phones angling to snap a picture of the first couple in an intimate moment seen by millions and millions of people. More »
Barack Obama is our president sequel, but more importantly, this photo. Duck face. Frog case. First place. Space race. Make haste. More »
Early this morning, with this simple, joyful photograph, Barack Obama scored yet another victory: the most-liked Facebook photo of all time. More »
Barack Obama’s victory last night has far-reaching fiscal, social, and military implications, all of which are familiar to anyone who kept at least one eye open during any of this year’s debates. But what do four more years mean for tech? Turns out, a lot. More »
After the networks gave the presidential victory to President Barack Obama, his Twitter account sent out a few tweets talking about the victory. One of those tweets has been retweeted so much in the past hour that it’s very probably the most popular tweet of al time. More »
The election is tomorrow. Go vote. But be sure you’re informed first. Politifact’s Settle It app is one way to do that. More »
If you want to know the Internet’s temperature on Obama and Romney in the race to become the next President, just check out this snazzy 2012 Election Mood Meter tool. It smartly calculates and analyzes real-time tweets to figure out which direction each candidate is trending. More »
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