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Hey, Yanks – there’s a new iPhone app out there for the politically-minded, straight from the White House. Live video streams of White House events, weekly addresses from The Fearless Leader, and feeds from the official White House blog and briefing room are all included on the free app. For those without an iPhone, a mobile site site with all the fixings will be launching soon at mobile.whitehouse.gov. Obama has already made a name for himself as being tech-savvy, but it’s good to see that love of mobile spreading to the rest of the White House.
This app got me wondering about what we’re offering up here in Canada, thinking we’re also a hip, connected country with a like-minded government. Turns out we have this vibrant and useful WAP page, and that’s about it. Sigh. For those so inclined, you can download the White House App for iPhone for free from iTunes.
[via White House Blog]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
