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Industry Buzz & Snippets: 10/21/09
Web 2.0 News and Trends:
Rumor has it that Google will launch a music initiative called One Box to offer song previews, artist bios, graphics, and video - but no downloads or subscriptions. One Box won't be limited to music, according to CNET's Stephen Shankland. There are several different kin [...]
Posted: Wednesday, October 21st 2009
Obama Solicits Texts to 'See What's Happening' in Africa
Prior to his Friday trip to Ghana, President Barack Obama has received thousands of text messages about Africa -- messages of both support and criticism, says the White House.
The texts were sent after the Administration set up country-specific SMS codes to which inhabitants of Africa were invited to send messages.
The codes include:
• Ghana - 1731
• Nigeria - 32969
• South Africa - 31958
• Kenya - 5683
Acc [...]
Posted: Friday, July 10th 2009
Google To Facilitate Indian Elections
Google launched the Google India Elections Center to help engage and prepare India’s 700 million eligible voters for next month’s general elections, reports TechCrunch.
Google has organized similar web-based election centers in the US and Australia in the past, but Google India’s election center offers new features which [...]
Posted: Wednesday, April 8th 2009
North America: Positive Outlook for Obama Presidency
Most Americans think many of the top national issues - including the economy, healthcare, education, the Iraq war and energy - will improve over the next four years with President Barack Obama in office, according to a pre-inauguration survey by HCD Research.
The study, conducted January 13-15 among 3,772 participants representing the the top three political parties and [...]
Posted: Thursday, January 22nd 2009
What Genachowski as FCC Chair Might Mean for Media
Former FCC chairman Dick Wiley thinks President Obama's likely choice for FCC chief, Julius Genachowski, will build a commission that is tough on media mergers and acquisitions.
Wiley, a partner at law firm Wiley Rein, believes Genachowski's focus will be broadband, technology innovation and net neutrality, [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 21st 2009
Obama Eyeballs Former IAC Exec for FCC Chairman
The Associated Press and Reuters report that President Elect Barack Obama is nominating a "key technology advisor" to Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
The source was a person who worked directly with the transition team on technology issues.
Julius Genachowski served as law clerk at the Supreme Court from 1992 to 1994, follow [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 14th 2009
McCain Pushes New Org with Social Media Efforts
Ex presidential candidate John McCain announced the launch of a grassroots organization called "Country First," which is supported by many of the social media tools that contributed to President Elect Obama's historic win.
According to an email to McCain supporters -- whose contact data was gleaned during his run for President --, the goals of Country First a [...]
Posted: Friday, January 9th 2009
Tech Magnates Welcome Obama with Lavish (Financial) Support
Silicon Alley Insider compiled a list of tech icons that made sizable donations to Barack Obama's Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Listed endorsers from Google averaged $25,000 each, while executive donors (and spouses) at Microsoft averaged $50,000. Just one Yahoo notable made the cut -- Associate General Counsel Laura Covington, who gave $10, [...]
Posted: Tuesday, December 30th 2008
Change.gov Opens to Questions, Comments, 'American Stories'
Change.gov, the site where President Elect Obama's administration communicates with Americans, now permits users to submit questions and vote on those they most want answered.
The "Open for Questions" feature launched Wednesday, at which time over 1000 questions were logged [...]
Posted: Friday, December 12th 2008
HuffPo's 'World Affairs' Enlists Bloggers Queen Noor, John Kerry
The Huffington Post, one of the fastest-growing independent political sites this year, is launching a World Affairs section.
The new channel shall include analysis from US foreign policy experts and bloggers worldwide. Contributors are expected to include Queen Noor of Jordan, John Kerry and Harvard professor Joseph Nye. Correspondents are expected to represent over 50 countries, and syndicated editorial content will also be f [...]
Posted: Friday, December 5th 2008
Brand-Association Study: Obama Linked to BMW, McCain to Ford
Barack Obama is more associated with brands BMW, Target, Google and Samuel Adams, while John McCain brings to mind Ford, Wal-Mart , AOL and Budweiser, according to the 2008 Presidential ImagePower Survey from branding firm Landor Associates and research firm Penn, Schoen & Berland, [...]
Posted: Tuesday, November 11th 2008
Army Puts Overseas Soldiers Behind Recruitment Webcasts
Beginning today -- Veterans Day -- the US Army will integrate a series of webcasts, labeled "Straight from Iraq," into its website and overall media campaign.
"Now you can find out what it's really like to be deployed in the Middle East from the men and women stationed there," claims the subsite on GoArmy.com. The effort -- where users can field questions to Iraq-based soldiers -- is targeted to Americans between the a [...]
Posted: Tuesday, November 11th 2008
Obama Campaign Launches iPhone App
Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has launched an iPhone application that enables supporters to communicate with each other and consume breaking news, reports The New York Times.
Available for free on the App Store, it is compatible with the iPhone and the iPod touch. The unit organizes contacts by "key battleground states," keeps you abreast of campaign news via text and email, and helps target local e [...]
Posted: Friday, October 3rd 2008
First Presidential Debate Draws 57 Million Viewers
Last Friday’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain drew 57 million viewers, according to early Nielsen estimates - well below the record debate in 1980 between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter.
Though Friday night's Presidential debate was expected to pull record numbers, it didn't even make the top 10 most-watched debates in history, points out Media Life [...]
Posted: Wednesday, October 1st 2008
Obama Sites Generate 6x More Traffic than McCain's
Nearly 22 million people per month visit websites related to Barack Obama, while John McCain-related sites generate about 3.5 million visitors, according to a report from AdGooroo that analyzes the candidates' websites and search-engine marketing programs, writes [...]
Posted: Tuesday, September 30th 2008
Updated Senate Web Linking Rules Include Social Media Sites
The Senate Rules and Administration Committee has updated existing limitations on sites that Senators are allowed to link to from their official pages.
Senators may now link to YouTube and flickr, for example, in a ruling Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) dubbed "a major step into the future," reports Ars Technica.
The tempest stirred last summer when Rep. John Culbers [...]
Posted: Friday, September 26th 2008
Economist Gives World a Vote in US Presidential Election
London-based business rag The Economist has created a global version of the US Electoral College, based on the population of each country.
The magazine hopes to stimulate online brand engagement through the effort, which leverages overseas interest in the US election -- a "closely watched contest" worldwide, said VP Ron Diorio of product and community development in New York.
"We thought it would be fun and a bit of an educa [...]
Posted: Wednesday, September 24th 2008
Palin Prattle, Good or Bad, Commands Web Traffic
ABC's interview with Republican vice-presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin was broadcast for two nights across five ABC shows, from "Good Morning America" to "20/20."
By ABC's unofficial count, 35 million people have seen parts of the interview from these broadcasts, reports Silicon Alley Insider, via Nielsen, which counts unduplicated viewers within shows but not betwee [...]
Posted: Wednesday, September 17th 2008
McCain Pummels Obama in Search Ad Relevance; Neither Does Great
While Sen. Barack Obama has historically outdone Sen. John McCain in terms of social media savvy, McCain bests him in sponsored search and targeted advertising. Unfortunately, neither candidate does exceptionally well in the latter regard.
Author Jonathan Mendez of search engine marketing blog Optimize and Prophetize conducted an analysis of how well McCain and Obama fare in se [...]
Posted: Wednesday, September 10th 2008
Obama Cuts Back on August Web Spend; McCain Raises Stakes
Sen. Barack Obama drew slightly more buzz than Sen. John McCain over the course of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, followed by Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Hillary Clinton, according to recent stats from Nielsen (pdf).
Web traffic to BarackObama.com also [...]
Posted: Monday, September 8th 2008