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Square Hires Former Obama Cabinet Member Demetrios Marantis
Commerce startup Square landed another key hire Wednesday, tapping Demetrios J. Marantis to oversee its international and regulatory policy. Marantis, a former member of President Barack Obama’s cabinet, served as the country’s top trade official before making the leap to Square, so he’s particularly well suited for the job of overseeing government and policy work related to the company’s international expansion. Marantis’s hire is Square’s second high-level appointment in as many weeks. Last week, Alex Petrov, a former PayPal exec, signed on as the company’s VP of Partnerships.
After Sandy, New Jersey Becomes an Unwilling Test Case for Internet Voting
Technical issues aside, voting is by and large conducted on the honor system. Who says it can’t work via email and fax?
Tuesday Is Election Night, Be Careful What You Tweet
No one wants the comment “Fake!” in their stream.
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On Google, a Political Mystery That’s All Numbers
Google’s quest to guess what we want before we want it has produced an unusual side effect: A disparity in the results the company presents about the presidential candidates.News Byte
The Tweets Are In: Obama’s DNC Speech Tops Twitter Political Season
President Obama set a new Twitter record during his Democratic National Convention speech on Thursday evening, inspiring more than 50,000 election-related tweets per minute at its height, beating all other political events in the six-year history of the platform. Obama bested rival candidate Mitt Romney by a wide margin, with Governor Romney setting off around 14,000 tweets per minute during his RNC speech. Of note: Both candidates saw dips in their Twitter Political Index scores (essentially a measure of Twitter sentiment) directly following their respective speeches.Twitterville Likes Romney’s VP Choice, for Now
If tweets were votes, it looks like Mitt Romney would have had an edge today.
Viral Video: Hollywood Loves Obama Again
Welcome to the era of the “docu-ganda”!
The Day the Web Went Dark
A Web-wide protest against a controversial pair of bills before the U.S. Congress began this morning.
Fujitsu Beefs Up Its Best Supercomputer
A Japanese computer that this summer was the most powerful in the world just got a little more powerful, but not so much as to catch the brawniest American machine. At least not yet.
President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event
Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!
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