White House

Viral Video: Jimmy Fallon Loses to a Lady (The First One)

Kara Swisher in Media on February 10 at 12:45 am PT

Bring it on.

Obama Administration Promises to Answer Quora Users’ State of the Union Questions

Liz Gannes in Social on January 24 at 3:54 am PT

The intelligent discussion site Quora has gotten a nod from the Obama administration on the eve of the annual U.S. State of the Union address.

“Nerd Lobby” Shows Muscle in Debate Over Piracy Bills

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 18 at 3:51 pm PT

Late last fall, a select group met in the White House Situation Room to discuss U.S. Internet security and how it might falter if two anti-piracy bills being debated in Congress were to pass.

Obama: Don’t Worry Internet, I Got Your Back on That SOPA Thing

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 14 at 4:00 pm PT

The White House signals that it doesn’t like the controversial SOPA bill. Here’s one writer who’s not the least bit surprised.

Obama Likes the Internet, So He’ll Probably Veto SOPA if It Gets That Far

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 26, 2011 at 2:25 pm PT

Will he or won’t he?

Longtime Google Policy Guy Andrew McLaughlin Headed to Tumblr

Liz Gannes in Social on December 5, 2011 at 11:03 am PT

Andrew McLaughlin, who led global public policy at Google for five years and was deputy CTO in the Obama administration, joined Tumblr today as executive vice president.

Michelle Obama Sends Her First Tweet

Liz Gannes in Social on October 21, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

This week, First Lady Michelle Obama personally pressed the button to send out her first tweet, complete with a hashtag, a URL and her initials.

Barack Obama on Steve Jobs

Peter Kafka in News on October 5, 2011 at 6:23 pm PT

Here’s President Barack Obama’s statement on the Apple co-founder, released via a White House blog post.

President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event

Kara Swisher in News on September 26, 2011 at 10:09 am PT

Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!

Obama: I Want YOU to Crash John Boehner’s Web Server

Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 26, 2011 at 9:40 am PT

Last night the president of the United States asked Americans to contact their representatives in Congress about the stalemate in Washington over the debt ceiling. Oh boy, did they ever respond.