On Tuesday, President Barack Obama was re-elected, which means, of course, that Mitt Romney lost. But if Romney had won, the president-elect would have needed a website. It makes sense that his staffers would have prepared one. But if the fool who accidentally published it wasn’t already out of a job, well, he should be fired. More »
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 »
Good news—there are only 13 days left until the election! Bad news—there are 13 days left until the election. If you’re on political overload, you can use a handy Chrome extension called Unpolitic.me to remove all the politics talk from your Facebook and Twitter feeds. More »
It had to happen: there are now whole Amazon binder pages full of humorous reviews ridiculing Mitt Romney and his “whole binders full of women” phrase, from yesterday’s debate. Some of them are ok. Some are really funny. Check them at [Amazon] More »
The second presidential debate is tonight, so make sure your bullshit detector is on full blast. No matter the candidate you’re rooting for, politicians are politicians—they’re full of it. You certainly want to watch the Lehrer-directed circus with a discerning eye, which is exactly what a new site called reconstitution2012 will help you do. More »
Tumblr will be covering tomorrow’s presidential debate in the best way possible—by live-GIFfing it. And suddenly, the election became almost tolerable. More »
Seriously. I mean, we rag on these politicians all the time for their social media gaffes, but does anyone really care? Does it matter to you, when it comes to actually punch your ballot, whether Romney’s app misspelled America or Obama was a little loose with his volunteers’ kinda private information? More »
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 »
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,
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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