As Inauguration Day looms, people around the world are looking for ways to keep up with the goings on without having to be strapped to a couch in front of the TV. Similar to what we did on Election Day, the Ars staff thought we would hunt around for ways to follow President-elect Obama's swearing in and the following festivities online and on-the-go.

Luckily, if you have an Internet connection and a fully-functional browser, the world is pretty much your oyster. The NBC-owned Hulu plans to offer a live stream of the Presidential Inauguration directly from its website (which can also be embedded on your own website or blog).

Hulu is undoubtedly going to be one of the most popular options for online inaugural viewing tomorrow; however, if you're looking for somewhere else to go in the event that Hulu comes crashing down, C-Span also plans to offer multiple video feeds on its website through the "C-Span Inauguration Hub." In fact, C-Span already has a few video feeds up as video crews test things out before the festivities begin.

Joost also plans to offer a live video stream of the inauguration (offered through CBS). Now that Joost no longer requires a special desktop player to watch, all you need is a working web browser with Flash installed. And, of course, CNN will offer a live video stream of the event, combined with relevant updates from Facebook users logged into Facebook Connect. Finally, PIC2009.org is the official site for the Presidential Inauguration Committee, and it will also be offering a live stream (via Microsoft's Silverlight) of the events as they happen.

What if you're out and about?

Not everyone plans to be in front of a computer tomorrow during the inaugural activities. If you have a phone that can play Flash videos, then the above options are still available to you—hooray!

If you have an iPhone that can't play Flash though (boo, hiss), you still have some video options. UStream.tv, which will offer a video feed of the inauguration on its website, also plans to release an iPhone application that will stream the event live. Previewed to TechCrunch last week, the iPhone app will not only display the live video feed in an iPhone-friendly format, it will also let users participate in the live chat about the video. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the UStream iPhone app is available on the App Store yet, so they had better get crackin' or else users will have to look elsewhere tomorrow. Update: The UStream iPhone app has finally been approved and is available on the App Store now.

But what if you don't want a video feed? Say you're out with friends and all you want are casual, non-moving updates (you know, in case something totally insane happens, like the entire country gets Rickrolled). NPR's Inauguration Report website and iPhone app offer a collection of user updates pulled from Twitter, Flickr, SMS, and more. Following this stream will let you keep up with the goings on as if you were there, thanks to kind Internet citizens providing live updates to NPR.

January 20 is sure to be a high-energy day for everyone involved in Obama's inauguration, so good luck following along!

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