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With the announcement of Facebook Places this week and the hockey-stick growth curve the social network has seen over recent years, its abundantly clear that Facebook is not going anywhere. ]]>
Voters in Kenya went to the polls last week for successful elections, thanks, in part, to efforts by an innovative group of thinkers, developers, volunteers, and activists.]]>
Early this week, the website Wikileaks.org, which bills itself as a modern-day whistleblower empowered by the ubiquity of technology and anonymity of the internet, released more than 97,000 pages of classified US military documents detailing the country's nearly-decade-long war in Afghanistan.
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This week, thousands of progressive bloggers, activists, and politicians have converged on Las Vegas, NV, for Netroots Nation 2010, an annual gathering of the group of readers and writers of Daily Kos, a leading American liberal political blog.]]>
On the campaign trail, Pres Obama discussed using tech to solve some of the nation's problems, and even about using new media strategically to get out of a political jam. TechPresident takes a deeper look.]]>
They might be a few weeks later than European MPs, but the US Congress is getting into the iPad game. This week, a Hawaii Rep became the first member of Congress to use an iPad on the House or Senate floor.
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With midterm election primary season in full swing in the US, this year's batch of long-shot, internet-insurgent candidates from both sides of the aisle are zooming to the top of election results across the country.
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CNET has a look at a unique use of Google Maps to visualize the growing BP oil spill if it was at your doorstep.]]>
A revealing piece over at National Journal begs the question...]]>
German Minister Ilse Aigner has submitted a list of grievances to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, particularly concerned with users' data privacy.]]>
Coming down the stretch, Conservative, Labour, and Liberal Democratic party campaigns took to the web in last minute pleas for votes as daily tracking polls showed...]]>
Until last Thursday, it appeared that UK's Conservative Party leader David Cameron was the strong favorite to win the upcoming UK elections...]]>
An article from the latest issue of Wired Magazine looking at both UK parties work to connect with voters online in the run up to next month's UK elections.]]>
What good would April 1 be without a few quality April Fools' Day gags?]]>