2 million folks in DC with mobile phones made calls, emailed photos, texted and watched live feeds at the same time. GeoEye-1 captured pictures from 400 miles above. Second Life teleported the event. Microsoft developed Photosynths that piece together a mosaic of pictures from various vantage points. Facebook reported 4,000 status updates a minute during the CNN broadcast.
It is the first inaugaration covered by Twitter, and the first one where Google has an office in Washington, DC...and the Inaugural Balls have not even started as I write this post - the 10 physical ones and 1 virtual one.
Photo Credit - The Obama White House web site on its first day
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