Facebook Harness User Data To Map Votes
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
Natural Disaster? Silly Photos To The Rescue
With hurricane Sandy wreaking havoc along the eastern seaboard of the United States both traditional and social media has been swamped with coverage of the situation in New York and other cities. While nobody is making
Yahoo! And Bing To Launch Google Adsense Competitor
In the world of "contextual advertising" ie. where ads are displayed based on a web page's content, Google's Adsense has dominated the market for the last decade. While there have been several attempts by other companies
Obama On Reddit – WOW!
President Barack Obama, the President of the United States, is currently taking questions over on Reddit. You'll have to excuse me if I don't react to this with a simple "wow". There. I've reacted. TheNextWeb has
Facebook and CNN Launch Elections Insights
We mentioned Amazon's election barometer recently. Facebook have teamed up with CNN to launch "Election Insights". Using Facebook's "insights" the site displays the volume of activity on the social network related to the various US presidential
Amazon Launch Election “Heat Map”
As one of the largest shops in the world Amazon has access to a lot of consumer data. They know what people are reading, so if you're tracking the US elections their latest service should be