President Barack Obama kicked off his 2012 re-election campaign last week on — where else? — Twitter and Facebook signifying the continued importance of social media in the U.S. presidential elections. Obama has plenty of Facebook and Twitter followers ready to back his campaign a second time around. But where the Obama Facebook account works as a source of inspiration for digitally minded politicians, the Obama campaign this time round falls well short of the rousing “Yes we can!” spirit we’ve seen from his camp in the past.

How to build a online community that is more than just the sum of its numbers?
That’s the quandary facing so many companies and brands as they try and make sense of what value or benefit …

Following yesterday’s news that Twitter will be raising another round of funding based on a $250m valuation, Kara Swisher makes another argument for why Facebook should take another run at acquiring Twitter:
“Why? Because:1.) The pair …

Yesterday’s inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the United States was very much a test of the most popular social networking and digital media services. The public did not disappoint, and thankfully, neither did …

For many, there is only one story today – the inauguration of Barack Obama as POTUS #44, which gives newspapers a chance to flex their mashup muscles and demonstrate just how ‘new’ news is done. …

The New York Times carries a fascinating look at the social media campaign that began with a conversation between the President-elect and Marc Andreessen and ended as the unstoppable force that carried Barack Obama to …