You've probably heard the term "big data" bounced around this year. Since just about everything we do online is recorded, the government and businesses alike are able to take all that data and glean trends about people in general and more specifically individuals. Putting aside how our government spies on us, businesses
Social media was pretty new to a large number of Americans including campaign staffers back in 2008. President Obama has almost 20 million Twitter followers and over 28 million Facebook fans. Mitt Romney has 10.5 million Facebook fans and 1.5 million Twitter followers. Does social media influence elections? We are about to
In 2008 Barack Obama used social media and the internet quite proficiently and caught the McCain campaign pretty much flat footed as far using new technologies were concerned. 2012 is a very different year with both Republicans and Democrats spreading their messages everywhere they can to try and win the vote this
In just over two months we will hold another Presidential election. Well in excess of a billion dollars will be spent by Mitt Romney, Barack Obama and their supporters to try and win November's election. What role does social media play in this year's election? This infographic from AdAge shows how both
Do you use Klout? I have to admit to checking my score on a regular basis. Klout measures your influence in a social media world. As in real life, we all have some influence...some more than others of course. Does it really matter? In the grand scheme of life what does matter?
