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Following Political Conventions the Web 2.0 Way, ComputerWorld.

In 2004, the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) provided official press credentials to about 30 bloggers to cover the party's convention. For this year's convention, some 120 bloggers gained official credentials, and many more are expected to cover the event -- many from a new 9,000-square-foot, two story structure called the Big Tent, which is sponsored by political blogs and Web 2.0 companies such as Digg Inc and Google Inc.

Google Sets Up Mobile Election Web Site, InformationWeek.

Google believes that plenty of people will be interested in accessing news from their mobile phones. So it set up a "one-stop-shop" for mobile users to get what they need. The site is located at m.google.com/elections. The products that it is tailoring to election coverage are mobile Search, News, Reader, YouTube, and Maps. In its search product, Google will let you "link to search results for Obama and McCain, so you don't have to type in their names on your phone each time you want information."