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Editor's Note: This week's NetPulse is being sent out early to avoid conflict with the 4th of July holiday weekend being observed in the US.
Journos on the Web, iPads on the Floor
They might be a few weeks later than European MPs, but the US Congress is getting into the iPad game. This week, Louisiana Rep. Charles Djou became the first member of Congress to use an iPad on the House or Senate floor.
Djou has the scoop on his Twitter feed:
"The House Parliamentarian told me that I'm the first Member of Congress to ever use an iPad during a floor speech."
In other iPad news, last week, still in the US, the Democratic Party unveiled new iPad and iPhone applications which feature news, photos, events, and even a direct line to call Congress.
And to rid the US Congress of luddites, some even think that all 535 members should get their own iPads, the Atlantic reports.
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"Quote Of The Week" |
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On the internets...
"[Russian President Dmitry Medvedev] visited the headquarters of Twitters"...
- President Barack Obama
President Obama went on to note that the Russian president created an account for himself (@KremlinRussia_E) and that he also had one, so maybe one day soon they could "throw away those red phones that have been sitting around for so long."
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Stat of the Week |
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Yes, 20.8 million of you Can
20,835,926
That's the number of views the popular "Yes We Can" mashup featuring President Obama, will.i.am, and other celebrities has gotten since it was posted in the Winter of 2008 in the run up to the November election.
The video is making waves again this week after a new 20-page study was published taking a peek under the hood to try to figure out who exactly produced and distributed the wildly popular video.
TechPresident has more here.
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U.S. News |
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 Democrats launch citizen-powered "Accountability Project"
(Huffington Post) "The Democratic National Committee will debut on Tuesday a new web-based feature that will empower several million Democratic activists to serve as "trackers" of Republican candidates throughout the country. "
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Off-the-record journalist listserv gets columnist in hot water
(Washington Post) "I began Journolist in February of 2007. It was an idea born from disagreement. Weeks, or maybe months, earlier, I had criticized Time's Joe Klein over some comments he made about the Iraq War. He e-mailed a long and searching reply, and the subsequent conversation was educational for us both."
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 A look back at FCC chief's first year
(Free Press) "Today marks the one-year anniversary of Julius Genachowski's tenure as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Looking back on the last year, there have been small efforts made toward enacting policies that will ensure all Americans have access to fast, affordable Internet, but there is still much more to be done."
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'Citizen journalists' power beach oil sighting project
(TechPresident) "A nonprofit initiative's open-data, citizen-journalism project offers a clear picture of the progress of oil across the Gulf of Mexico wherever everyday people can get close enough to the water to report what they see."
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 Senators debate cybersecurity overhaul
(The Hill) "A debate is emerging in the Senate over key aspects of recently introduced cybersecurity legislation, including which agency should be in charge of protecting the country's civilian networks and how much authority the president should have in the event of a cyberattack."
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 Iceland media standards a model for EU?
(TechPresident) "Iceland's parliament has voted and approved the Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI), a cross-partisan law co-developed with whistleblowing website Wikileaks. The law will combines best-practice legislation from around the world in a legislative package designed to protect sources and whistleblowers"
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Puerto Rico rep wins Dem new media contest
(The Hill) "Puerto Rican Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi won the House Democrats' new-media competition, which concluded this week."
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 UK launches online Spending Challenge
(The Hill) "UK Prime Minister David Cameron kicked off a consultation exercise on ways to reduce government spending. Together with Nick Clegg he has written to public service workers asking them to share their ideas on where to make spending cuts."
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Thoughts on building a Russian Silicon Valley
(Fast Company) "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited Silicon Valley yesterday to experience first-hand what has made companies like Cisco Systems, Google and Facebook what they are today. Medvedev was joined by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger."
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 On the record tweets during under the radar State Department trip?
(TechPresident) "The New York Times' Mark Landler reports that a pair of State Department staffers closely associated with "21st Century Statecraft" have gotten into a little hot water for the tweets they posted while leading an official technology delegation to Syria earlier this month"
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Submit Your Nomination - Top Ten In Politics and Technology |
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The 10 Who Are Changing the World of
Internet and Politics
PoliticsOnline and the World eDemocracy Forum are proud to open the call for nominations of the Top 10 Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics. For the eleventh year in a row, PoliticsOnline subscribers and visitors from around the world will help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and companies having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics.
The winners will be invited as honored guests to the 11th World eDemocracy Forum October 13-15, 2010, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, (Paris, France), where they'll take part in an awards ceremony and other special programs throughout the two-day forum.
This prestigious award seeks to recognize the innovators and pioneers - those who blaze new e-political trails everyday, the dreamers and doers who bring democracy online. But we need your help to nominate honorees. If you know of someone or something deserving recognition, send in your nomination today.
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The deadline for nominations is July 9, 2010.
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