Feb 16th, 2010
Taking off from purple-colored thumbmarks that signify our participation in the electoral process, Yahoo! Philippines today formally launches in Makati City its Purple Thumb microsite for the 2010 elections. Through Purple Thumb, voters can “join real-time election conversation, discover more about the presidential candidates, and share images on Meme“.
Jan 30th, 2010
By Tonyo Cruz Is the rising use of new media in electoral politics a sign that profound change is coming to the Philippines, a la Obama 2008? Citizens’ initiatives that use new media to setup and maintain virtual news media outlets (such as Blogwatch.ph, Vote Report Philippines 2010 and 100ARAW.com) are truly a positive development. [...]