Politics

Is Cyber Squatting Bad for Politics? ICANN Help!

Earlier this week the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or (ICANN) made a significant announcement that starting in January 2012 they will begin accepting applications for new “generic top-level domains.”  As David Sarno wrote in the LA Times  “ICANN approves open Web domain name rules: .anything is possible" ...

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Are 2012 Presidential Candidates Embracing Mobile? Not So Much

We’ve all seen the stats about the explosion of the mobile web.

There are four billion mobile phones in use globally.  One billion of these are smart phones.  By 2014, more people globally will access the Internet from a mobile device than a desktop computer. 

Depending on who you talk to,...

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Social Media and the #Four26DC City Council Election

As Washington D.C. looks to further establish itself as a center for technological innovation, isn’t it fair to ask that our candidates and elected officials maintain a professional online presence? In reviewing the websites and social media accounts of candidates for the vacant at-large seat on the Washington D.C. City Council,...

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The Obama Site Wasn’t Always the Obama Site

Barack Obama’s 2008 web program is widely regarded as the most successful online campaign that has ever been run.  And the campaign site design is probably the most ripped off in history as well. 

People forget that the Obama campaign didn’t nail their site design right out of the gate. ...

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The Obama Campaign Goes Mobile

I have been watching the mobile space carefully the last few months, so as candidates have announced their interest in running for President  I’ve paid close attention to their mobile strategies.   So far, there really hasn’t been much to see as far as I can tell.

Enter Barack Obama,...

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