Posts Tagged ‘state’
Have Questions For Obama? YouTube’s Got You Covered
On Wednesday, U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union speech, which will be broadcast live on YouTube’s CitizenTube channel as well as on The White House’s brand new iPhone app.
Google is stepping up its game, as it will also give YouTube users the opportunity to ask Obama some follow-up questions in video or text.
On Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET, during the live broadcast of the State of the Union on Citizentube, YouTube will be opening up a special Moderator series for citizens to submit their questions.
Evidently, President Obama will not be answering those questions live: the days following the speech, users will be able to submit additional questions and vote on their favorites.
Next week, although Google still has to communicate the exact timing, the top-voted questions will be asked to the president in a YouTube interview from the White House, which will also be broadcast live on Citizentube.
Read more on the YouTube blog and the White House blog.
Get excited: The Chevy Volt hits California late next year
Man, this thing is actually going to come out. GM said today that it’s going to release the Chevy Volt late next year in California , giving the Golden State first dibs on the car. GM also said that it’s teaming up with local utilities companies, including Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison, to make sure the state is ready for the car’s launch.
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Get excited: The Chevy Volt hits California late next year
Thousands visit the Microsoft Store in Mission Viejo, thousands more wish they had
“Dewey defeats Truman.” “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” “1,000-plus people crowd new Microsoft Store.” Great headlines are rarely forgotten and they are made all the greater by the their cultural import. To wit: Microsoft’s new store in Mission Viejo was a rousing success, bringing 1,000 sleepy-eyed Mission Viejoians out to see people in blue and yellow shirts.
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Thousands visit the Microsoft Store in Mission Viejo, thousands more wish they had
Schwarzenegger Gives California Legislature A Hidden Finger
There is absolutely no way I’ll be able to make this relevant to tech. But I’m posting it anyway. Our Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoed a California legislative finance bill – AB 1176. The letter is terse and to the point. And the first letter of each line in paragraphs 2-3 are even terser and more to the point.
Schwarzeneggers battles with the state legislature are epic. But this just goes way beyond epic. It’s something for the history books.
I wish I had the time to do this kind of thing in my posts here on TechCrunch.
See the SF Chronicle for all the quotes and denials.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled programing.
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“This is OnStar, can I assist your high-speed pursuit?”
If you bought a 2009 model GM car, you may have had the option to add a certain OnStar service. You may or may not have felt it necessary to drop the extra cash on something you may use very infrequently, but at least one car owner is happy they took the plunge
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“This is OnStar, can I assist your high-speed pursuit?”
Dell updates the Adamo Desire
With the Adamo XPS getting all the play recently, Dell quietly updated the Desire model with a slight performance boost.
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Dell updates the Adamo Desire
Free laptops sent to government offices spurs FBI case
Apparently it’s not okay to send West Virginia’s governor five free laptops. What a world! Governor Joe Manchin’s office got a nice four-pack of Compaq laptops earlier this month, followed a week later by a fifth machine from HP.
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Free laptops sent to government offices spurs FBI case
Second place is the first loser, except in the App Store where it still makes you rich
There are few things more coveted in the iPhone developer world than the top spots on the App Store sales chart. Sure, there’s only one way to go once you’ve hit the top; but while you’re there, you’re riding high.
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Second place is the first loser, except in the App Store where it still makes you rich
New restrictions in place for U.S. border laptop searches
A bit of a corollary to yesterday’s story of an ACLU lawsuit designed to ascertain more information about laptop border searches. The Obama Administration has put a whole bunch of new restrictions on the practice, some of which may placate the “don’t search me” brigade.
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New restrictions in place for U.S. border laptop searches