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President Obama to name Tom Wheeler as FCC head

, Apr 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

The White House is set to announce the next chairman of the FCC, and the position will be going to telecom lobbyist and venture capitalist Tom Wheeler, according to several reports. President Obama is expected to make the announcement as early as tomorrow, which will see the Core Capital Partners managing director take over the FCC helm at that point. Read The Full Story

AP Twitter account hacked with fake White House explosion claim

, Apr 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

The Associated Press's Twitter account was hacked today after a tweet was sent out from the account that read, "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured." The Associated Press responded shortly after saying that its Twitter account had been compromised, and now the account has been suspended, but it should be back up shortly after Twitter and the AP resolve the issue. Read The Full Story

House passes CISPA bill with flying colors

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

After being squashed in the Senate last year, the CISPA bill has made a reappearance in the House of Representatives once again, and it passed with flying colors. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, as it's called, passed in the House by a majority vote of 288 to 127. It's now on to the Senate to get a yea or nay. Read The Full Story

Qualcomm joins President Obama in ambitious BRAIN initiative

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

It would appear that United States President Barack Obama will be showing no end to his interest in advancing home-grown scientific research efforts as the BRAIN Initiative was announced today. This research effort will take on the mighty task of revolutionizing our understanding of the human mind - no small task! Qualcomm's CTO Matt Grob has let it be known that they are onboard with this effort and, as he joined the press event at the White House today, has assured the White House and the public that they're bringing more than just a couple of their own innovations to the party. Read The Full Story

State of the Union address sees over 1.36m tweets

, Feb 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Last night was a big night for government and the entire US. President Obama gave the annual State of the Union address, where he lays out what condition the country is in, and suggest plans and goals for the future. The House chamber was buzzing last night, but so was Twitter, with over 1.36 million tweets that referenced the speech. Read The Full Story

President Obama to host “Fireside Hangout” after State of the Union

, Feb 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Tomorrow President Obama will be delivering the nation's 200th State of the Union, and will be addressing the country during a joint session of Congress in the nation's capital. However, the President will also be hosting a Google+ "Fireside Hangout" two days later on Thursday, February 14 at 4:50 pm ET to answer your questions. Read The Full Story

Phone unlocking ban cooks up White House petition

, Jan 29th 2013 Discuss [0]

Just this past Saturday, it officially became illegal for anyone to unlock a smartphone without the carriers' consent. Obviously, this fired up a lot of people, who argue that if they buy an unsubsidized phone without a contract, they should be able to do what they want with it. And now, it looks like there's a White House petition going around that seeks for the unbanning of phone unlocking. Read The Full Story

Reddit saw 37 billion pageviews in 2012, President Obama AMA most popular post

, Jan 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Reddit is regarded as the front page of the internet, and with good reason. The online social sharing community ended up receiving a whopping 37 billion pageviews in 2012, and saw 400 million unique visitors. The site also claims that there were 30 million posts added during the year, and users voted for their favorites four billion times and added 260 million comments. Read The Full Story

President Obama signs bill to extend warrantless phone tapping until 2017

, Dec 31st 2012 Discuss [0]

Late last week, the US Senate passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Reauthorization Act that would authorize phone surveillance of Americans without a warrant for counter-terrorism purposes for the next five years. The bill then moved onto the Oval Office, where President Obama signed it last night, officially putting the bill into action. Read The Full Story

Petition for Death Star achieves 25,000 signatures, requires response from White House

, Dec 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Let's admit it: a real-life Death Star would be pretty cool, and we're one step closer to its reality, thanks to a petition calling on the United States to begin construction of this moon-sized megaweapon. It has achieved over 25,000 signatures, which according to the rules of the Obama administration's "We the People," requires a response directly from the White House. Read The Full Story

Obama and Romney talk Apple and outsourcing to China

, Oct 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Last night's second presidential debate of the 2012 election was a heated one, and both candidates seemed to be on edge and were ready to throw on the boxing gloves if need be. Towards the end of the debate, both President Obama and Governor Romney were asked about how they would bring jobs back to the US from China, using Apple as the company in question. To say the least, they both had completely different ideologies on the matter. Read The Full Story

Samsung and Peel teaming up to provide interactive content during 2012 presidential debates

, Oct 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

If you plan on watching this year's presidential debates between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney, and are wanting to get in on the action with some interactive content, now might be the time to snatch up a Samsung tablet if you don't already have one. Samsung and Peel are partnering up to bring viewers the ability to do more than just watch the debates. Read The Full Story
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