1. Obama is addicted to his BlackBerry and uses an Apple Mac laptop. Will have to give up the former thanks to secrecy laws.
2. Just began his first regular weekly update to America on YouTube, replacing his predecessor's regular address by radio. Obama has over 1,800 videos on YouTube.
3. The President-elect also has profiles on Facebook and MySpace, and continues to upload personal photographs on Flickr.
4. In a first, wants to have a Chief Technology Officer for his Administration, put videos of government meetings online and create an Internet database of government spending.
5. Can directly connect with an influential band of online activists, dubbed "netroots", useful in circumventing traditional media in case there's a crisis.
6. Using social network and blog screenings as part of background checks on potential staffers.
