After a seemingly successful launch on Twitter, Hugo Chavez can also add blogger to his list of social media repertoire
This past Saturday, Rick Perry held a social media summit in Austin, aimed at training like-minded citizens how to utilize technology to promote campaigns.
A federal appeals court is reversing a lifetime internet ban imposed on a child sex offender also handed a 15-year prison term.
Yahoo has invested heavily in its Chinese operations, which include search, e-mail services and classified-listing services. Microsoft, for its part, says it won’t comment on its Chinese operations, except, “We have no indication that any of our mail properties have been compromised.”
Today the White House is hosting a forum with more than 50 of the country’s top CEOs — Chris Hughes (Facebook), Steve Ballmer (Microsoft), Jeremy Stoppelman (Yelp) all made the VIP list — with the purpose of finding ways to modernize the government using technology.
The White House has just made it clear that it supports Google’s decision to not censor search results in China, even if it means no longer doing business in the world’s largest country.
A day-old fundraising campaign done solely through text messages and made viral on networking sites like Twitter and Facebook has raised more than $5 million for the Red Cross’s relief work in Haiti.
Lots of tech and Internet outfits are quickly moving to get involved, both with their wallets and on-the-fly updates to their services that go towards helping the cause.
The Supreme Court’s decision was made following an emergency appeal after Judge Vaughn Walker, the Chief U.S. District Judge assigned to the case, ruled in favor of permitting the YouTube trial coverage.
Working with a small campaign budget, Media has turned to social media to help get her name out as a candidate for Texas Governor.
