As an up-and-comer in the social media world, Google+ (Google Plus) made its convention debut this week, playing an integral role in the coverage of the 2012 Republican National Convention. Powered by the internet giant Google Inc., Google+ has integrated YouTube into it's social network, with Google Hangouts and YouTube live-streams available to everyone with Internet access.

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Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon, died of complications from heart surgery on Saturday. Armstrong began his path to the moon as a naval aviator serving in the Korean War. He later became a test pilot flying experimental aircraft. The astronaut was the first to successfully dock two craft in space in 1966.

With a focus on social media blunders, Twitter gaffes, and Facebook faux pas, we’ll be profiling one politician, political figure, organization, or candidate who has committed one of the social media sins in our weekly series Social Slipups.

Depending on who you ask, political party conventions are massive infomercials or extremely important events. Though the cost and hoopla surrounding modern conventions may be over-the-top, without a doubt Republican and Democratic National Conventions have produced more than a few memorable moments throughout the decades. Since the first televised convention in 1940, Americans have become an audience to multiple days of sweeping addresses from each party's most powerful figures.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's RNC speech had the good fortune of following Sen. Mitch McConnell because it didn't require much for him to outshine the Senate minority leader. Mealy-mouthed and garbled (Mitt Ryan?), was this McConnell's first speech? Yet Paul was also relegated to the ratings wasteland of the early evening and hours before headliner and VP nominee Paul Ryan would speak.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's RNC speech had the good fortune of following Sen. Mitch McConnell because it didn't require much for him to outshine the senate minority leader. Mealy-mouthed and garbled (Mitt Ryan?), was this McConnell's first speech? Yet Paul was also relegated to the ratings wasteland of the early evening and hours before headliner and VP nominee Paul Ryan would speak.

For those of you with smart phones and the free downloadable app, Instagram, you can now follow the campaign trail of the GOP presidential candidate and the convention right from your phone. Instagram suggests checking out these social reporters and their Instagram accounts for political updates straight from Tampa.

Voter ID and voter fraud are often linked. But, a popular understanding of voter fraud, people posing as another individual on Election Day, was shown to be "infinitesimal" according to a study conducted by Arizona State University. Today Damon Eris posted an article on dev.us regarding the study and its results.