- Bush Announces Formation of PAC, via cell phone, video and Instagram. C.f. Leader of the PAC: Jeb Bush moves a step closer to announcing his 2016 presidential bid—and keeping his promise of running a very different campaign. But apparently, Jeb Bush Is Playing Social Media Catch Up.
- Rand Paul’s New Tech Guru Wants to Build a ‘Crowdsourced Campaign’.
- Why the GOP’s Data Geeks Are Hoping for a Long, Hard-Fought Primary.
- John Boehner, Politics and the nuance of Taylor Swift GIFs.
- Charlie Hebdo Homages Flood Instagram.
- Why are so many 2016 hopefuls writing e-books?
- Obama team tailors State of the Union for age of Twitter and YouTube, but Twitter and Nielsen Say Interest in the State of the Union Address is Falling.
- Republican apologizes for Hitler tweet, as Scott Walker Calls for RNC Member Who Shared a White Supremacist Article on Facebook to Resign. Meanwhile, NRA Picture of Diverse Gun Rights Rally Appears to Be Photoshopped From Stock Image.
- GOP’s Louie Gohmert, wannabe speaker, headlines the House’s latest freak show, with an assist from online organizing.
- Pro-ISIS Hackers Take Over Local News Sites. C.f. This is the cyberattack that keeps Edward Snowden up at night and 2014: The year we entered a cyberpunk present.
- David Cameron says new online data laws needed.
- #BlackBrunchNYC protests disrupt ‘white’ N.Y. breakfast spots.
- Hashtag Activism Isn’t a Cop-Out.
- How Mobile Apps Can Combat Police Brutality.
- A Fox News guest says Birmingham is ‘totally Muslim.’ The [Twitter] response in Britain was hilarious.
- In a World of Phones, Gadgets Must Adapt.
- Mythbusters: Debunking the Biggest Data Lies, and Why big data projects often fail.
- Test This, Not That!
- Why Omnicom Bought Another D.C. Agency [DDC].
- Why Social Media Habits Matter.
- Five No-Cost Ways to Enhance Your Social Media.
- Propaganda 2.0: Once caught on the back foot by social media, the [Chinese] Communist Party has upgraded its propaganda for the internet age. Meanwhile, in Taiwan, the Opposition camp bests KMT in effective use of social media, and in Hong Kong, Fake Occupy Central app targeted activists’ smartphones with spyware
- NGPVAN launches a new version of the VAN.
- Civic Tech and Engagement: How NationBuilder Helps Organizations Recruit and Mobilize.
- On Brigade.com, Customers, and Products.
- Crucial questions when using digital technology in media and transparency projects.
- The ESPN streaming deal and how TV is becoming entertainment for old people.
- 6 stories that rocked the [political] consulting world in 2014.
- Top 25 Progressive Facebook Posts of 2014.
- 2015: The Year Email Goes Mobile-Only?.
- 5 Digital Priorities for Your Organization in 2015.
- Oregon Ducks Launch College Sports’ First Social Command Center.
- Users Are Very Receptive to Snapchat Ads, According to Study.
- I Saw the Future in Las Vegas, and It’s SkyMall.
- Robots are starting to break the law and nobody knows what to do about it.
- Being Bad Luck Brian: When the meme that made you famous starts to fade away.
- Does this 90-year-old photo show the world’s first ‘selfie stick’?, and Did the Selfie-Stick Inventor Get Shafted?
- Yahoo Directory Closes, Five Days Early: The core service that launched Yahoo as an internet company — the Yahoo Directory — finally closes 20 years after it began.
- 7 Things People Are Going to Get Nostalgic About in 2015.
- In 2016, we’re going to campaign like it’s 1916: How Woodrow Wilson’s reelection race gave birth to modern political tactics.
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– cpd