Based on a post for the General Counsel for Facebook, Ted Ullyot, the results for the Facebook vote are in and the new rules / terms of service are in. Or are they?
YouTube Symphony Orchestra Voting Begins
Three months ago, YouTube asked musicians to submit audition clips for its YouTube Symphony Orchestra. About 3,000 people responded. Now, experts have selected the best 200 performers, and it’s your turn to pick winners who will go on to Carnegie Hall.
Big Celebrities: Use Google to Find Voting Info
Google has a site where you can find your local voting information through Google Maps by searching for your home address. In an effort to get as many people to take advantage of this as possible (and ultimately vote), a lot of big stars have come together in a public service announcement video to encourage viewers to do so.
Yahoo Reveals Voting Miscount
Yahoo was almost ready to put its recent problems behind it; the company had fought off Microsoft, brought Carl Icahn onboard, and survived the annual meeting with its board intact. Only now it turns out that the shareholder vote didn’t go nearly so well as was first reported.
Former Polish PM Says Online Voting Caters To Beer Drinking, Porn Watching Youth
The former Prime Minister of Poland Jaroslaw Kaczynski says that Polish citizens should not be given the option of voting online."I am not an enthusiast of a young person sitting in front of a computer, watching video clips and pornography while sipping a bottle of beer and voting when he feels like it," Kaczynski said in an interview posted on the Web site of his conservative Law and Justice Party.
E Voting Machine Distrust
The big three voting machine folks need to start spinning some PR here, ever since 2000, with the election of George Bush by a decision of the Supreme Court; electronic voting machines have come under increasing scrutiny.
FCC Voting On Wireless Spectrum Today
The Federal Communications Commission will lay down the ground rules for the 700MHz auction coming in 2008, as Google and a host of telcos watch.
Computer Voting Woes On Election Day
As we all head out to vote on our favorite candidates and issues on this Election Day ’06, a bigger question looms in the minds of many as we recall the well-documented disorder of elections’ past: Will my vote really even count?
Web Tallying Furor Over Diebold Voting
Electronic voting machines built by Diebold have been at the center of controversy over security issues discovered by researchers; Diebold has attempted to refute these claims only to see those responses refuted in turn.