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Barack Obama ready to Hangout in Google+ circles
YouTube powered interview planned 23 January 2012 9:41 GMT TweetEver wanted to hangout with President Obama? It's not likely to happen given his busy schedule and the fact that he's always surrounded by a team of trained assassins. Not a hangout with a lower case h at least, but a Hangout is on the cards.
That's...
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Twitter CEO appointed to Barack Obama advisory panel
For national security and telecommunications tips 27 May 2011 10:39 GMT TweetWhile Twitter has been closely examined by the UK government of late, for its part in the recent football star super injunction scandal, the US President is hoping to draw upon the knowledge and Internet know-how of its CEO as part of a new advisory...
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Barack Obama: White House phones not cool
Oval Office needs an upgrade 18 April 2011 12:37 GMT TweetBarack Obama has criticised the technology in the White House's Oval Office, and specifically its phones and communication devices.
Speaking to a collection of donors in Chicago on the need for innovation in technology, the US President let...
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Barack Obama launches presidential campaign through YouTube
Posters out, posting in 4 April 2011 16:22 GMT TweetWhere once a US presidential campaign would have kicked off with poster or a series of TV adverts, Barack Obama's camp has used the Internet and, specifically, YouTube to launch his bid for re-election.
While the US election is not due to take...
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Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and others dine with the President
Cheers! 18 February 2011 16:12 GMT TweetJust because you’re on medical leave doesn’t mean you can’t have dinner with the President of the United States.
That’s exactly what Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, has been doing this week, after Barack Obama invited a number...
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VIDEO: Barack Obama - he's on fire!
US President stars alongside other politicians in NBA Jam 8 October 2010 11:03 GMT TweetFrom downtown.......Boomshakalaka!
We all know that Barack Obama is a bit of a B-baller, he's often spotted dodging and dunking on the White House basketball court, but we're not sure that he's really as good as EA Sports are making him out...
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Obama goes 3D
Tells Letterman that he kicks back and dons glasses, 3D glasses 22 September 2009 6:26 GMT TweetUS president Obama has told David Letterman on David Letterman’s “Late Show” that he has recently seen "Up" in 3D.
In the first interview with a serving president and a talk show host, Obama showed a picture of himself... -
President Obama warns "be careful" on Facebook
"YouTube" age means mistakes will come back and haunt you 9 September 2009 12:17 GMT TweetPresident Barack Obama has spoken out against the potential dangers of posting personal content on social networking sites.
Answering a question put to him from a group of teens, about how to go about becoming president, Obama said: -
Michael Jackson becomes Facebook's most popular person
7,413,218 fans 8 July 2009 14:12 GMT TweetIn death, Michael Jackson has become the most popular person on Facebook as fans sign up to become a virtual fan on the social networking site.
Michael Jackson now boasts 7,413,218 fans, a number growing by around 20 per second, according... -
VIDEO: Disney makes Obama-bot
To be unveiled 4 July 3 July 2009 16:19 GMT TweetWe thought we'd give the nod to the US' 4th July celebrations with the news that Disney has made a robotic Barack Obama president to appear in the Hall of Presidents show at the Walt Disney World Resort. Due to be unveiled on the American holiday, hit...
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Obama gives the Queen a personalised iPod
Engraved and pre-loaded with music and video 2 April 2009 10:29 GMT TweetTech-loving American president Barack Obama has given the Queen a high-tech gift as the two met this week at Buckingham Palace.
Obama presented Queen Elizabeth with an Apple iPod, personalised with pre-loaded content and an engraved inscription. -
Obama keeps security-enhanced BlackBerry
"Compromise" reached at the White House 23 January 2009 10:06 GMT TweetBarack Obama has been allowed to keep hold of his BlackBerry for personal use.
This means Obama will become the first president to have access to email in the White House, with neither Bush nor Clinton using the digital format during their... -
Microsoft's 3D Photosynth of Obama's Oath revealed
As satellite image gives bird's eye view 21 January 2009 9:47 GMT TweetMicrosoft's Photosynth team has been hard at work stitching together photographs taken from the moment of Obama's inauguration when he took the presidential Oath.
Over on CNN's site, those who have Silverlight installed can view the mammoth... -
The world tunes into Obama inauguration
Online, phones, Twitter, TV and even the whitehouse.gov blog 20 January 2009 17:58 GMT TweetThe world turned online to watch the inauguration of president Barack Obama it seems, with online viewing skyrocketing in the UK and the US.
Monitoring site Akamai, saw a 54% spike in worldwide internet traffic from people hunting down news... -
Obama inauguration to test tech infrastructure to the limit
Emergency cell operations in US as UK expects web traffic to surge 20 January 2009 15:58 GMT TweetTechnological infrastructures both here and in the US look to be pushed to be limit as America's first "digital" president is about to be sworn into office.
In the States mobile phone operators are boosting network capacity and have been...
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