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Crowdrules To Show Off at Twiistup

CrowdRules is proud to be one of the show-offs at Twiistup 2 held at the Air Conditioned Supper Club in Venice, California on Wednesday, August 8th.

Twiistups are events for mingling with top notch techies in an atmosphere of tunes, videos and inspiration. AOL, Userplane and Microsoft are among the corporate sponsors.

Hope to see you all there!

Dave @ CrowdRules

CrowdRules members give Bush presidency to date a 40% approval rating.

Hey everyone,

We recently asked CrowdRules members how they felt about the entire Bush presidency to date. CrowdRules members responded with a 40% overall presidency rating. An Associated Press/Ipsos (AP/Ipsos) July 9-11 poll shows Bush with a current 33% approval rating. An AP/Ipsos poll from one year ago - July 10-12 2006 - shows Bush with a 36% rating at the time. Here is a roundup of approval rating polls for the Bush presidency over the past year and a half.

The average rating for the entire Bush presidency varies across different polling organizations. CrowdRules staffers are conducting a study to determine how closely the CrowdRules Bush presidency rating tracks polling results.

CrowdRules is a free, user-generated voting site where you can ask questions, have the crowd provide possible answers, then leverage the collective intelligence of the crowd to decide the outcome in a fair, unbiased manner.

Dave @ CrowdRules.com

CrowdRules at Twiistup 2 in Santa Monica August 8th!

Hey everyone,

Crowdrules will be showing off our latest and greatest at Twiistup 2 on August 8th.  Twiistups are tech events for mingling with other techies in an atmosphere of tunes, viral videos, and inspiration.  The last Twiistup was a blast.  Join us at Air Conditioned Supper Club on August 8th from 7pm to midnight.

Peace out,

Dave @ CrowdRules

"iPhone Can Wait" Say CrowdRules Members

We asked CrowdRules.com members to tell us whether they planned on buying an iPhone in the next two months. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 meaning that they had already purchased or intended to purchase an iPhone immediately, and 1 meaning they had no intent of buying an iPhone in the next two months, CrowdRules members responded with a yawning 2.2 rating for the new device.

While droves of people purchased the iPhone within the first few days (some estimates show that 500,000 of the devices were sold during the first weekend), the iPhone requires a two-year commitment to cellular giant AT&T. A rumor has surfaced that purchasing an iPhone with a damaged credit profile will get you a denial for the 2-year contract, yet land you an iPhone on a monthly pay-as-you-go basis.

Having seen and held a number of iPhone's in the past few days, I wonder whether the smudge factor of the handset will become an annoyance.

All that being said, the iPhone is an amazing, groundbreaking gadget. Bravo Steve Jobs for once again pioneering brilliant hand-held devices. Now let's just wait a generation or two for the bugs to get worked out...

Following on the iPhone thread, please check out CrowdRules right now for a video challenge to find the best iPod spoof video.

Peace out,

Dave @ CrowdRules