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Following the Campaigns on Twitter

September 2, 2008 1:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

If round-the-clock cable channels and blogs that cover both the ideological and credibility spectrum aren't enough, now voters can keep up with the presidential campaign by follow what others say about the candidates on Twitter. TechCrunch reports that Stephen Taylor, a Canadian blogger and political analyst, has put together a website and a Facebook application called govtweets. The site scrolls a constant update of tweets mentioning the names of the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

Web pick posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: govtweets, TechCrunch, Twitter

McCain Campaign Relaunches Networking Site

August 30, 2008 10:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The McCain campaign has certainly learned that it needs a cyber presence to reach out to voters, and has relaunched its McCainSpace with a new design. According to TechCrunch, John McCain hasn't been doing as well as he might hope with the online crowd. On Facebook, he has only 226,000 supporters, as compared to 1.4 million for Barack Obama.

Web pick posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: cyberspace, Facebook, McCain, TechCrunch

Presidential Debates Head to MySpace

August 7, 2008 7:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

MySpace will create a portal for people to watch live streaming of debates between the presidential candidates, at the request of the Commission on Presidential Debates. TechCrunch reports that the portal will be accessible to anyone, whether they have a MySpace account or not, and will include real-time polling. The first debate is scheduled for September 26.

Web pick posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: MySpace, presidential debate, TechCrunch

Get Ready For Web 3.0

August 5, 2008 11:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

If Web 2.0 was all about user-generated content, from blogs with feedback sections to YouTube videos, Web 3.0 is about user-generated software, says Mark Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, in an essay on TechCrunch. He notes that code is being written using the shared resources of cloud computing, allowing programs to be developing more quickly and without regard to the expense of computing infrastructure. This development, he argues, is going to severely disrupt the traditional software industry.

Web pick posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: internet, Salesforce.com, TechCrunch

Social Networking May Stimulate Science

July 31, 2008 10:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A new social network site, Labmeeting, is designed to let scientists easily upload their papers and lab notes to be shared with other members of their research team. TechCrunch tells us the site was started by Harvard graduate Mark Kaganovich with a $500,000 in seed round funding and opened last week to anyone with a college email account. His hope is to spur researchers to talk with each other more.

Web pick posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: Harvard, Labmeeting, social networking, TechCrunch

Web Picks: Science Debate Needed, Tech Advisor Says

June 26, 2008 7:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama ought to have a debate focusing on science and technology policy, a former White House technology advisor says. Mike Nelson, who worked in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under Bill Clinton, tells Wired's Threat Level blog that the topics should include universal broadband Internet access. But he'd reframe a debate on science as a debate about America's future, Nelson said.

To help frame the debate on science, TechCrunch, which has been covering the just-finished Personal Democracy Forum in New York City, offers a poll to find out what technology policies its readers would give priority to. Among the choices, "mandate net neutrality," "promote renewable energy," and "appoint an engineer to the FCC." Netscape creator Mark Andreessen suggests "brain draining the world" by offering work visas to anyone with a college education.

posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: Mark Andreessen, Mike Nelson, science debate, TechCrunch, White House Office of Science and Technology

Web Pick: Facebook-Based Lending Website Seeks SEC Approval

June 23, 2008 8:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Securities and Exchange Commission will examine whether peer-to-peer lending embedded on a site like Facebook is a good idea, Tech Crunch reports. Lending Club, originally launched as a Facebook application, has filed registration forms with the government. The company suspended operations in April after the SEC told it it required regulatory approval to act as the middleman in lending deals.

posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: Facebook, Lending Club, SEC, Tech Crunch