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The Twitter spin room: What happens when politics goes real-time
The debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney was the most tweeted-about event in U.S. political history -- but is the kind of real-time commentary and instant analysis that Twitter provides a...
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Big data politics: Why you can’t outrun campaigns by avoiding the TV
Campaigns have been profiling potential voters for decades, but the glut of data available online changed the game in terms of how much they collect and how it's used. Now, thanks to complex models and...
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Where to watch the 2012 second presidential debate live online
Live streams of the presidential debate? Check. Second screen apps that let you voice your opinion about either candidate's performance? Got it. Live-teweeting fact-checkers? Of course. A debate...
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Liberal Democrats ‘like’ more on the social web than conservative Republicans
As election season heats up, the Pew Internet & America Life Project looks at how democrats and republicans compare in their social behavior online. The study found that two-thirds of U.S. social...
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Where to watch the 2012 third presidential debate live online
Monday night's third presidential debate is your last chance to see Obama and Romney duke it out in front of an audience of millions before election night. Our ultimate debate watching guide lists all...
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Data doesn’t play politics — and most of it suggests Obama will win
It's one day before the presidential election, and the results from computer models and other data analyses are in, with most experts giving President Obama a higher probability of winning than...
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Why Nate Silver and others predicted the election perfectly
Guess what, accurately predicting the outcomes of elections really isn't a partisan affair. What Nate Silver and several others accomplished in perfectly predicting the election isn't about finding...
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Want to solve the phone-locking problem? Then let’s get rid of device subsidies
The practice of locking phones is a symptom of a greater disease in the U.S.: device subsidies. If we can separate the hardware from the service, consumers will ultimately have greater choice and save...
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Politics and personalization have more in common than you think
New research suggests that a phenomenon called biased assimilation makes people view new, inconclusive evidence in ways that support existing biases, leading to increased polarization on topics such as...
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Project Loon: Google’s biggest obstacle isn’t technology. It’s politics
Mesh networking and dirigibles have been around for decades. What truly makes Project Loon a difficult -- if not impossible -- undertaking is getting the world's governments to agree to it. Project...
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How a photo on Twitter helped kill a controversial Texas abortion bill
A controversial abortion bill was headed for passage by the Texas legislature, until a tweet helped kill it at the last minute. How a photo on Twitter helped kill a controversial Texas abortion bill...
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The most-tweeted events on record
Andy Murray's big Wimbledon win made history in sports and on social media, earning a spot on the list of events with the most Tweets per minute. The most-tweeted events on record originally published...
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Follow the money: new data-visualization tool helps track the world economy
Unsure about how the global economy works? GED-VIZ is an interactive graphic that maps how money funnels in and out of different countries. Follow the money: new data-visualization tool helps track the...
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Controversial new Android app crowdsources “unsafe” gun ownership
Gun Geo Marker is a new app that allows users to call out "unsafe" gun owners on a map. Controversial new Android app crowdsources “unsafe” gun ownership originally published by Gigaom, © copyright...
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What it costs the government to snoop on your calls, emails and texts
The AP has done an extensive report on the logistics of wiretapping, and how much it costs to track your data varies greatly on where the government is looking. What it costs the government to snoop on...
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo calls out the President of Iran; on Twitter, of course
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo took Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to task today for blocking Twitter in his country. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo calls out the President of Iran; on Twitter, of course...
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When it comes to elections, data journalism without context is noise
Nate Silver and his ilk have proven they can predict elections with high accuracy, so maybe it's time to move on from focusing on the forecasts. I know Republicans will likely control Congress come...
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Meet the latest Vocativ journalism experiment: A “Tinder for politicians” app
Tinder for politicians isn't a terrible new Silicon Valley startup -- it's actually an exercise in editorial creativity. But will it work? Meet the latest Vocativ journalism experiment: A “Tinder for...
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BuzzFeed’s deal with Facebook to measure political sentiment has one major flaw
BuzzFeed has formed a partnership with Facebook that gives it access to the social network's "sentiment analysis" data on millions of users -- but Facebook's algorithm is going to influence the thing...
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Kim Dotcom wants to take his Internet Party to the U.S.
Controversial internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is getting to take his political ambitions to stateside. Dotcom announced on Twitter Monday that his Internet Party is going to launch in the United...
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