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The aftermath of Iran's election last week was startling. From the eyebrow-raising lopsided vote tally, to the surge of protesters into the streets, to the pivotal role of tools like

Lately, there has been a trend for government agencies and elected officials to put their videos up on YouTube. While we commend them for doing so, we can't help but

Just in time for the the opening of the 111th U.S Congress, YouTube today announced that is is now hosting two new channels that will make it easier to find

We wrote a lot about the importance of Barack Obama's use of social media during the recent U.S. election cycle, and we have seen some evidence that the Obama administration

Few elements of the "Open Stack" have garnered as much attention - or as much support - as OpenID, a way to use a single digital identity across multiple Web

Do you think that open standards, data portability and questions of online identity are important? We do; we think these issues are the foundation upon which many of the most

Not to be outdone by the recent US Presidential hoopla, the OpenSocial Foundation - a non-profit corporation that facilitates the development of OpenSocial specifications - held its elections for "Community

The official Google blog just posted some interesting data about hot search trends early in election day and while there are a lot of important questions being asked by millions

With Election Day upon us, one segment of the U.S. population is under heavy scrutiny: the youth voters. Will this typically apathetic group of voters actually turn out at the

Everything you need to find voter information, report on your experience, and track election results using social media and the web. Over the past few weeks, we've heard of several