Sep 06
A giant, riled up crowd of people. Political tension. The need for superhigh security is never great than it is at a political convention. More »
Sep 05
It’s well-known that Obama and Romney don’t see eye-to-eye on science and engineering, or the policy surrounding it. But now Scientific American has joined forces with ScienceDebate.org to quiz the pair on their views over some of the most important scientific issues of our time. More »
Aug 29
President Obama’s doing an AMA on Reddit today, invites the people to pose their digital questions
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His competition from the GOP, Mitt Romney, already answered the people’s questions on Yahoo! Answers, and now the Commander in Chief has decided to take on any and all internet queries too. The virtual Q&A with Obama is set to start at 4:30 ET today via an ask me anything session on Reddit, so head on over to the source link and see if your President will see fit to answer your questions — be they about health care, net neutrality or even the Cubs non-existent playoff chances.
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Aug 22
Catchy title, right? Well, it actually describes exactly what President Obama and hopeful Mitt Romney are doing in this new video game by Chair Entertainment, powered by the Epic Unreal Engine (yes, that’s the Infinity Blade engine). The free app is called “VOTE!!!” and it has been designed at the right time. Now that the gloves are off on the political stage, voters of both party can actually take action instead of hearing a bunch of non-information on both sides.
Behind the game, this is a way to attract the attention of young voters to the upcoming elections. Yes, you probably wish that there was another way, like talking about the issues or trying to find concrete solutions to the country’s problems, but VOTE!!!” seems more like “the plan” than the “backup plan” to get additional votes.
In any case, this time, the (fictional) election is truly in your hands. What do you think? Is this a good way to call young voters to action, or is it one more step towards idiocracy? [download link] – video in the full page (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Scytl announces online voting platform on Android and iOS devices, Samsung advert pokes apple customers,
Aug 22
YouTube’s Elections Hub is a one-stop channel for the latest US political happenings
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In case you haven’t noticed, it’s election year in the US of A. And while we already have a slight idea of which political party your beloved neighbors prefer, why not have an all-inclusive video hub to keep you updated with the latest action taking place on the road toward America’s historical White House. Here’s where YouTube comes in. The Google-owned service announced earlier today the creation of its Elections Hub, which it’s dubbing as the “one-stop channel for key political moments” happening now and all the way until the final US election day on the 6th of November. Naturally, the social vid giant’s teamed up with some of the biggest outfits around to bring live and on-demand content to the Elections 2012 channel, including ABC News, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and, for the spanish-speaking crowd, Univision. Regardless of who’s landing your worthy, priceless vote, this should be great corner of the internet to keep you in the loop during this year’s Stateside political battle.
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YouTube’s Elections Hub is a one-stop channel for the latest US political happenings originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Aug 13
Obama: "If You Make Contact with Martians, Please Let Me Know Right Away" (Updated) [Video]
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Today at 8am Pacific President Obama called the Mars Curiosity Rover team to congratulate them on the amazing feat that they accomplished on August 5. After commending their hard work and genius as a symbol of America’s space prowess and innovation, he finished his call with this: More »
Aug 08
A North Carolina woman named Crystal Harris was minding her own business, listening to Garth Brooks on the Pandora iPhone app, when she was hit with a prompt asking her to share her email with the Mitt Romney campaign. If this is the future of political advertising, we all might as well throw our phones in a pile and burn them. More »
Aug 07
Obama’s New iPhone App Is Questionably Loose With User Data and Privacy [Privacy]
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The new Obama for America app for iOS, released by The Democratic Party last week, is troublingly loose with certain personal information of registered voters, reports Lois Beckett for Propublica. More »
Aug 06
Obama for America: Stay Up on the Latest Presidential Dispatches [App Of The Day]
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Election day is still three months away, so if you haven’t picked your pony, it’s almost time to put your money on either Obama or Romney. Just in time to help you decide, the incumbent has released a new app. And hey! He didn’t even misspell America! More »
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