First POST: Uber Falles
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, November 18 2014
Uber exposed for plan to dig up dirt on journalist critics; sneaking a SOPA provision into the USA Freedom Act; high-speed free WiFi coming to NYC; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Post-Ambition and Fear Not
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, February 25 2014
Cyberwar in Syria?; the Obama 2012 tech tools are being shared with lower ballot candidates; the debate over Netflix and Comcast continues; and much, much more. Read More
How Obama for America Made Its Facebook Friends Into Effective Advocates
BY Nick Judd | Monday, November 19 2012
During the summer, OfA chief data scientist Rayid Ghani and analyst Matt Rattigan brought the technology team a prototype piece of software. More a simple script, really, the prototype took a given supporter's Facebook ID, scanned the supporter's Facebook friends, checked what the campaign knew about those friends and returned content the campaign might want to put in front of them. By midsummer, they had a tool to spread content for the campaign that staff say was more than twice as effective as a traditional banner ad. Read More