Get a White House tour from Google’s Street View cams
If you can't get to the White House for a tour, Google has arranged that for you, bringing its Street View cameras inside 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. so everyone can get a better look at some of the most famous rooms in America.
Google's cameras, positioned on specially built trolleys — careful, don't break the china! — took 360-degree photos of the public rooms of the White House for the Art Project, an online program that provides virtual tours of well-known museums around the world. Read more...
Anti-software-patent petition makes White House’s top 10
The White House this month began allowing people to create petitions on its website, and an early favorite asks the president to "direct the patent office to cease issuing software patents."
The petition has more than 12,000 signatures, which puts it among the top 10 petitions on the White House website.
The leading petition, at the moment, concerns legalizing marijuana, with more than 41,000 signatures.
The White House has set up a relatively simple process for people to create or sign a petition. It asks for a name and email address, and then verifies the email. Read more...
White House ‘clarifies’ H-1B, green card rules to attract investment
The White House is attempting to make it more attractive for foreign entrepreneurs to create a business in the U.S. by "clarifying" H-1B visa and green card rules.
This idea of making it easier for foreign investors to create U.S.-based start-ups has been pitched by lawmakers who proposed "start-up visa" or "founder's visa" bills in recent years.
The White House isn't proposing new visa regulations, but is instead making what it characterized as "clarifying" adjustments to green card and H-1B rules that may make it easier for foreign investors to get a visa. Read more...