Laurene Powell Jobs Pushes for Immigration Reform on TV, Twitter and Facebook

Broadcast TV is big. But Steve Jobs’ widow wants more reach to send her message out. Here’s the tool she’s using.
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Facebook’s Gay Marriage Map

Did you switch your profile picture this week? Facebook can guess how likely you were to support gay marriage based on your age, gender and location.
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GOP Taps Tech Allies to Narrow Digital Gap

The Republican Party is working with Silicon Valley investors on a venture, backed by political strategist Karl Rove, to create a digital platform for targeting voters and donors, an effort that is adding to tensions between the party’s establishment and its insurgent wings.

The FTC’s Guide to Peddling Bogus Diet Pills on Twitter

This stuff can be tricky. Pay attention!
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Some More Inconvenient Truths (Including Spider Goats): Al Gore Talks About “The Future” at SXSW

Live from Austin, Texas, it’s the man who brought you the Internet. (Really, he did, along with others.)
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Facebook CEO to Host Christie Fundraiser

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has gained an ally in the blue-leaning Silicon Valley in his bid for a second term: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Meet the Mobile Media Projects That Just Won $2.4 Million

This just in from the world of news: Mobile matters.
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Lerer Ventures Hires an Obama Electioneer to Run Its Incubator

Meet Ashley Arenson, Soho Tech Labs’ new general manager.
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Netflix-Facebook Sharing Bill Clears Senate, Waiting for Obama’s Okay

One more signature, and you’ll be able to tell us all what you watched last night with a couple of clicks.
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Netflix-Backed Video-Sharing Bill Moves Ahead, Again

Coming soon, maybe: Your chance to tell your Facebook pals you watched “The Expendables” last night.
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