Category: Social Media

Political apps in the news

The Times covers the continuing story of Apple’s handling of political apps. Earlier this week, it rejected the iPhone app of a Republican opponent to Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, a Democrat, saying it was a personal attack on Mr. Waxman. But on Tuesday, Apple reversed itself and approved the app. It is just […]

Social media and politics from around the web

A lot of social media and politics stories in the news.  Republicans launched AmericaSpeakingOut.com to “increase dialogue between Americans and Congress.”  The site apparently uses a new Microsoft platform for political efforts. YouCut is making headlines; The  project is designed to let users vote on what spending projects to cut.  (It’s not at www.YouCut.com, by […]