Tech and social media news
Politics is not our strong suit, but we have to admire how Ron Paul goes about his campaign to become president in 2012. No other candidate is able to use social media to the same affect as he, but can anyone win the election 140 characters at a time? Well, that’s a good question, one that is a … [Read more...]
Although Microsoft and Google both offer cloud services that fit with federal requirements, that hasn’t stopped Amazon climbing on board and yesterday the company announced GovCloud, cloud storage services for the U.S. government. The services will be used by US government users and contractors … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we are increasingly noticing the influence of social media on politics and only yesterday posted an article on US politics and its 5-year history with YouTube. President Barack Obama is no stranger to social media and back in June we told how he had now joined Twitter and before that he … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we often give you details of interesting infographics with recent examples including one on American identity according to social media and another about YouTube advertising. Today we have news of another intriguing infographic, this time looking at 5 years of U.S. politics on YouTube. … [Read more...]
The UK riots that have taken place over the last week, starting in London and spreading to other areas, have shocked many who thought they would never see such mindless violence on the streets. The government has been criticized for not doing enough but today Prime Minister David Cameron has … [Read more...]
Back in May the world first heard about the death of Osama Bin Laden and we told about immediate social media reactions, how the raid that found him was reported live on Twitter, Twitter stats about the death and much more. Today we have heard that C.I.A. John, a man integral to the hunt and … [Read more...]
Yesterday we brought you the shocking news that the Fox News Twitter account had been hacked into by a group called Scriptkiddies who had then posted tweets about the assassination of President Barack Obama. Now we have news on the Secret Service and the Fox News Twitter hack and it seems the … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we regularly write about the growing use of social media in politics today and many politicians and their offices now take advantage of sites such as Twitter and Facebook to campaign and engage with the voters. One politician who some might say was rather late to the Twitter fray is Joe … [Read more...]
Hacking seems all the rage nowadays. Whether it’s LulzSec, or Anonymous, groups of hackers who keep their identity secret are all over the news, taking down this website and stealing information from that company. Whatever their motives, these hackers take enjoyment from breaking through the … [Read more...]
The growing social media effect on politics has really been evident over the last few weeks. We’ve seen the Weinergate Twitter scandal, reported on the White House on Facebook, noted the GOP debate impact on Twitter and also saw who came out of it best, according to Facebook. Today we have news … [Read more...]
The presence of social media in politics seems to growing rapidly and we’ve told of presidential bids being launched on Twitter and Facebook, the White House on Facebook, and then yesterday talked about the GOP debate and the massive impact it had on Twitter. To keep things well rounded today we … [Read more...]
We’ve been keeping OSM readers informed about the Weinergate Twitter photos scandal, from Anthony Weiner confessing all, to news that Congress members were tweeting less in the aftermath and then yesterday President Obama implying that Weiner should resign. Today we have a more light-hearted take … [Read more...]
The Weinergate Twitter pictures scandal has gathered massive attention and we’ve already told about how Anthony Weiner finally confessed all and then how the fallout from the scandal has led to Congress members tweeting less. Now we have some news for you about how President Obama feels about the … [Read more...]
Social media is increasingly playing a part in politics in the U.S. and we’ve recently told for example, about the White House on Facebook, how Weinergate has led to Congress members tweeting less and how presidential bids have been launched using social media, from Newt Gingrich for instance. The … [Read more...]
When it comes to Facebook there are more than 500 million users signed up to their service which makes it the largest of all the social networks. We try to report on the majority of scam, virus and malware that we see as well as talking to you about some statistics … [Read more...]
The Weinergate scandal is still very much ongoing at the moment and we previously wrote about congressman Anthony Weiner and the Twitter pictures incident and how he had confessed after previously saying he was the victim of a hacking incident. We have news today that says, maybe unsurprisingly, … [Read more...]
As the Weinergate scandal continues another prominent U.S. politician is now in the news. There is much outrage at present after emails from Sarah Palin’s time as governor of Alaska were made public under freedom of information rights. The release shows just how prolific she was with emails … [Read more...]
We're often reporting on politics and social media such as the new White House rapid response Twitter feed and also Twitter's CEO, Dick Costolo being appointed to an advisory committee. However today's story is a little different as a U.S. congressman has got himself into a spot of hot water … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve written many articles recently about the growing influence of social media on politics. for example Tim Pawlenty and Newt Gingrich announcing presidential bids on Facebook, social media and the Obama campaign and most recently how the White House has launched a rapid response … [Read more...]
We’ve written several times recently about the growing impact and use of social media with politics, including posts on presidential campaign bids being launched on Twitter or Facebook by Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty and how social media might help the campaigns of President Obama and Ron Paul. … [Read more...]
Social media is being progressively used all over the world and for all sorts of uses and we recently reported on social media’s role in the Egyptian protests, how internet access had been shut down in Libya, and also told about Tunisia’s so-called ‘Twitter Revolution.’ Today we have news … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve been noting the growing use and impact of social media in politics for some time. The Presidential bid for 2012 is really heating up now and today we have news that Newt Gingrich, former House of Representatives Speaker, has announced his presidential bid, and he did so using … [Read more...]
Ron Paul is one of those names in American politics that provokes a big response, whichever side of the fence you’re on. Love him or loathe him you can’t ignore him and today we heard that Paul is about to launch a presidential exploratory committee after he spoke about his plans on Fox News … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we’ve noticed the growing use and impact of social media, especially so over the last year. We looked at how the youth of today engage more in politics through social media, and recently told of the launch of President Obama’s 2012 Campaign and how social media will be prominently … [Read more...]
Earlier this week we brought you news that Barack Obama had launched his 2012 presidential campaign with a YouTube video and told how social media is set to have a real impact on campaigning this time around. Now we hear news that President Obama is to hold a Facebook TownHall. … [Read more...]
