Today Ireland went to the polls to vote in the general election. There is less than an 10 minutes of voting left at time of writing. As could be expected the tech giants have “done their bit”. Twitter has turned on a special emoji for the day: While Twitter users have been using the hashtag #GE16 […]
The #VoteYes hashtag is currently trending globally on Twitter. It’s the number one trend in Ireland, together with #hometovote, which has seen thousands of emigrants tweet about the fact that they are making a long weekend of it – peaking at 110 tweets per minute at 9:30 this morning. https://twitter.com/TwitterDublin/status/601704435740323840 Twitter Dublin is promoting the #IVoted and […]
As Ireland goes to the polls today Facebook has enabled their “I’m a voter” tool in Ireland. It’s available in both English and Irish, which I discovered this morning when the site decided to offer it to me in the Irish language: And you can add it to your status with your own message (my default […]
In case you forgot that today was polling day in both the local and EU elections, Google’s got your back: Today’s Google doodle is a gentle reminder that the EU elections are on, with polling having opened over the last couple of days depending on which country you are in. All the media outlets will […]
When it comes to politics, the story’s in the data, and it always has been. Interpreting “the numbers” has traditionally been the preserve of a priest-like caste of tallymen and vote managers, who possess the ability to read the raw code of The Matrix. For the rest of us, understanding data comes down to how it’s […]
CBS will be airing Hawaii Five-O in the US this evening in a prime-time spot. That’s not newsworthy, but the TV channel has recorded three separate possible endings for the episode. Viewers of the show will be able to vote on which of three “viable” suspects is guilty in real-time via Twitter and the TV […]
While practically every media outlet on the planet is churning out stories about the US Presidential “showdown” we thought we’d have a quick look at what Facebook are doing. On their “stories” site they’re collating anonymous data about US voters. It’s pretty cool to watch, though it won’t give you any indication of which way […]
