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on Nov 1, 2008The Digital Life blog has retired. For latest technology and blog news, check out Kelly Heyboer's New Jersey Blogs....
The Tweet Life: Members of Congress Can Now Use Twitter, YouTube and Other Sites
on Oct 16, 2008Sure, they're as dull as kindergarten scissors, but at least the videos, Facebook updates and other online postings from members of Congress are no longer against Capitol Hill rules. Long-ignored House and Senate regulations prohibited lawmakers from...
Tweets From Capitol Hill
on Oct 9, 2008 in Internet Twitter This is really cool. Watch tweets from members of Congress courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation's Capitol Tweets widget. The widget updates you every 10 minutes with the latest tweets from Capitol Hill. You can get it here. Still, you'd think...
It's Goliath vs. Goliath: EBay and Big Box Stores in Fight Over Stolen Goods
on Oct 6, 2008Internet auction colossus eBay is trying to pull back the covers on a bid by major retailers to convince Congress that new restrictions should be placed on the relationship between online auction sites and their users. The big-box retail...
Obama vs McCain, the Money's on Obama
on Oct 5, 2008 in Politics In advance of the 2004 presidential election, we took a look at the online prediction market intrade.com. Here's an updated version of that story, focusing on this year's election. While traditional polls show this year's race for the White...
If Web Traffic Were Votes, Obama Would Beat McCain Easily, Chicago Marketing Firm Says
on Sep 25, 2008 in Politics This graphic shows how traffic to Obama related sites far outpaces traffic to sites focuding on McCain, according to online marketing firm AdGooRoo.com. If internet searches and click throughs were votes, Democratic Illinois Sen. Barack Obama would b...