Are you tired of political content showing up in your social media newsfeed? If yes, then you can block that content as easily as you can block Flash ads, all thanks to a tool called Unpolitic.me. Unpolitic.me is a free to use browser extension for Google Chrome users. The extension blocks out political content from [...]
It is election time and every vote counts. As a vote, it is your duty to vote for the candidate that best represents your opinions. Thus you need to know which political candidate has the same opinions as yours. Here to help is a web service called I Side With. I Side With is a [...]
Would you like to be the President of the United States? While I would not mind his paycheck, I do not think I could deal with the stress of his job. Meeting deadlines as a writer is plenty of stress for me. If you want to pretend, you can use this fun site called Adomatic [...]
Responsible voters keep themselves updated with their political candidate’s popularity. Perhaps the best way to do this is through congressional and presidential voting polls that quickly indicates a candidate’s popularity amongst voters. Here to provide you with that information conveniently on your phone is a smartphone app called PollTracker. PollTracker is a free to use [...]
As a voter, you would want to know whose political ads air on your television – something that is not always very clear. Here to help you identify those political ads is a phone application called Ad Hawk. Ad Hawk is a free to use smartphone application for devices running iOS version 5.0 or later [...]
If you are one of those users interested in keeping updated about the upcoming 2012 presidential elections, then the Post Politics app is for you. However, the app is just as useful for political junkies and the less obsessed. One of the best things about the app is that it presents the data in a [...]
If you happen to be living in China, you will know that there is a strict law restricting access to many websites in China. If you are looking for a simple way to find out if any website is blocked in China, give Blocked In China a try. Blocked in China is a great website [...]
The 2012 US elections have begun with the Iowa caucuses. For people who use their computers to stay updated with information, an app was required that covered the elections adequately. Google is now offering precisely such an application called Google Politics & Elections. Google Politics & Elections is a simple to use web app that [...]
Politicians always appreciate new and better ways to connect with the general public. They have been using Twitter and Facebook but somehow those networks do not fulfill a politician’s requirements in a user-friendly way. A network that does offer those features in a friendly manner is Google+. Google+ is now catering to politicians too. The [...]
Political cartoons have always humorously portrayed the political conditions of a region. They are entertaining to read and thought-provoking at the same time. But getting all the papers just to see which political cartoons have been published is inconvenient. Cartoon News resolves this inconvenience by delivering political cartoons from the world’s top cartoonists right to [...]
Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, following politics is necessary if you want to stay well informed with what is going on in the country. One of the latest ways politicians are connecting with the general public is by using Twitter. Using the social network to track politicians and their updates would therefore [...]
There is a certain level of censorship present on the Internet in different countries worldwide. Local authorities have blocked websites which contain material that they deem to be not suitable for their citizens. In Iran, local authorities have blocked access to many websites, including many social networks, sites with women rights and more. If you are [...]
It is clear that the war at the top of the social network pyramid is likely to be Facebook versus Google Plus or maybe them versus Twitter for the next few years. So people perhaps realize the futility of investing time and energy into building yet another all-in-one social site. Therefore niche social sites are [...]
The FBI keeps a record of all important documents that have gone through the organization from the very beginning up to the present day. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), many of these documents have now been made public. To help people access these documents, the FBI has set up an online [...]
Around the world, people protest various causes. These protests are reported by numerous news sources. If you would like to check out these reported protests, visit a site called World At Protest. WorldAtProtest is a simple site that collects protest-related articles from numerous news sources. You can look for protests by setting a time period [...]
If you are into watching documentaries, FreeDocumentary is a great resource to bookmark. It is a simple website that indexes free full-length documentary films available on the web from sites like YouTube, DailyMotion, etc. You can browse documentaries by categories such as media, history, biography, arts or search for them. The website currently has over [...]
As most of you will know, Wikileaks recently released a massive number of confidential documents that detailed communications between numerous countries. People are having trouble accessing these documents online because first, they are in English, and secondly some ISP’s have made the Wikileaks site inaccessible. Here to help you read the leaked documents is look4leaks. [...]
The U.S. mid term election campaigns is about to end. If you are about to go to the polling booth, maybe you should make a quick check with this website first. Elect.io is a cool, informative website that provides a central source of information for all candidates running in the 2010 elections. To start using [...]
If you are in the US and want to get an idea who funds political campaigns of your favorite politician, and who the firms/groups are that are donating, then Influence Tracker developed by WIRED magazine and MAPLight.org should help you out. You can search by typing in names of Congressmen, or selecting the state and [...]
VisionOfHumanity is an organization dedicated to improving peace in the world. There are many projects that the organization endorses but one of the most important things they do is to come up with a Global Peace Ranking Index each year that tells you how peaceful each country is. A lower score means that the country [...]