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With 41 million likes on Facebook, "Fast & Furious 6" star Vin Diesel is one of the most popular celebrities on the social networking site. But how did the action star create such a successful online persona? He got in the game early. “What Facebook didn’t realize is something very big was about to happen, and that was — for the first time in history, and it’s kind of a fluke they didn’t see this coming — when I jumped on that page in April 2009, I started talking to people. … [Read more...]
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama launched a campaign to promote his signature 2010 healthcare overhaul on Friday in the face of harsh criticism from congressional Republicans who say the program will raise costs and hurt hiring. "If you're one of the tens of millions who don't have health insurance, beginning this fall you'll finally be able to compare and buy quality, affordable private plans that work for you," he said at an event at the White House. "If you've already got health … [Read more...]
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama pledged on Friday that the United States will find out whether the two ethnic Chechen brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings received help, and he pleaded for Americans not to rush to judgment. Obama appeared in the White House briefing room after police arrested the lone surviving suspect in the Boston suburb of Watertown, ending a dramatic manhunt. The other suspect was killed in a shootout overnight with police. The U.S. … [Read more...]
Washington Post - President of the United States, Barack Husain Obama, has caused an uproar by meeting with top fundraisers for a new independent spin-off of his campaign, will also be tweeting under an account controlled by the group. Facing tough questions, the White House at the time emphasized that the group, despite being an outgrowth of President Obama's 2012 campaign, was independent. … [Read more...]
"4 More Years" is what the text read for President Obama as he sent a tweet to the twitter verse with a photo of him hugging first lady Michelle Obama. More than fifty minutes after the photo hit twitter the tweet received over three hundred thousand re-tweets (the most retweets in twitter history.) Fast forward to wednesday afternoon and you will see the tweet with 703,650 retweets and 242,240 favorites. Obamas campaign staff also sent the photo to the presidents Facebook page … [Read more...]
Politicians in the past and present have seemingly turned their attention and efforts toward the use of online media websites such as Twitter and Facebook. However, January 30th 2012 marked a moment in history with the first web-enabled interview from President Obama, which had come directly from the White House. The interview was regulated through a Google Plus hangout. If the pure longevity of the Google Plus network has come into debate prior to this interview than President … [Read more...]
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