President & Mrs. Obama Post Anti-Bullying Video on Facebook
Tomorrow, in Washington, the Obamas will host an anti-bullying conference at the White House. The US Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, students, parents, and teachers are invited to discuss how to stop this bullying epidemic. The video description states: A special Facebook message from President Barack Obama and First Lady [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 02-18-2011
J.C. Penney Gets Google Slapped for Spammy SEO Tactics J.C. Penney had the search game on lock. They dominated a massive amount of relevant keywords and even took over top positions from brands like Samsonite luggage. How did they do it? They cheated. Doug Pierce of Blue Fountain Media, an expert in online search, had [...]
Read MoreAiling Steve Jobs to Meet with President Obama, Zuckerberg, and Schmidt
According to some reports, President Obama will be meeting with tech titans Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Eric Schmidt (who will soon relinquish his position to Larry Page), Apple CEO Steve Jobs and others. The private dinner is to be held tonight in San Francisco. This comes along with reports that Steve Jobs is [...]
Read MoreTechnology Heavy Hitters Invest in Startup America
In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama mentioned helping entrepreneurs to start up and grow their businesses in order to stimulate the economy. To that end, three of the biggest tech companies in the nation are committing millions to an initiative called the Startup America Partnership. Intel Corp. said Monday it [...]
Read MoreState Of The Union Gets Enhanced with Its Own Interactive Website
You thought the State of the Union address was just going to be another stuffy speech? Okay, maybe not, but tonight’s event will be enhanced with a bit of interactive web magic. The Whitehouse has launched a site that will allow you to not only watch the State of the Union at 9pm EST tonight, [...]
Read MoreKeen Interviews David Sutphen on Obama’s Technology Policy
Today, Andrew Keen interviewed Bruce Mehlman’s co-chair at the Internet Innovation Alliance, David Sutphen. Sutphen is a “one-time General Council to Senator Ted Kennedy and a prominent Democratic activist both in technology policy and civil rights.” Keen says of Sutphen: It is no coincidence that Sutphen’s interests span both technology and civil rights. For him, [...]
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