Nov 06

Who Has the Worst Technology Gimmicks in Their Election Night Coverage?

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Cable news is typically a spewing valve of yelling heads in strategically fair and balanced suits screaming franken-words that sound intelligent but really only exist to make your blood curdle and/or ooze out of your ears. A lot of people hate that. I don’t because they’re all freaking hilarious when it comes to using technology. Seriously, it’s pure comedic gold and half the reason I watch. And the best night to see really smart people struggle with really ridiculous technology is Election Night. Which is, um, right now. More »

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Nov 06

Re: Hey: An Analysis of the Obama/Romney Emails

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Early in 2012, I signed up for the Barack Obama and Mitt Romney campaigns’ email lists with a rarely used old email address. While I knew that this small dataset couldn’t reveal the extreme sophistication of their email strategies, I set out to analyze the emails I’d received (and rarely read) – and discovered some surprising differences in strategy (at least as it related to the emails I was sent). More »

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Nov 06

16 People Who Think It’s Really Dumb That We Can’t Vote on Our iPhones, iPads and Xboxes

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The general consensus amongst these hopeful people who are wondering why they can’t vote on their smartphones: It’s 2012 and their phones can pretty much do everything so why can’t they vote on it? Or if they can’t use their phones, how about voting on their iPads? And if not their iPads why not their Xboxes? How will these people juggle Halo 4 and Election Day? They need answers! More »

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Oct 30

Google’s Voter Information Tool hopes to make Election Day a little easier

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Google's Voter Information Tool hopes to make Election Day a little easier

It’s election season and Google is doing its part to help you “rock the vote.” No, the search kingpin isn’t endorsing a specific candidate, instead it’s doing what it does best — help people search the internet for information. The company’s open source Voter Information Tool is designed to help people research candidates and locate polling places. In an effort to reach the masses, Google is partnering with companies such as Foursquare and AT&T. Election Day can be a chaotic event to say the least. Hopefully this powerful new web-based tool will make things run a little smoother for frantic voters trying to beat the clock.

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