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Follow the Presidential inauguration with the official Inaugural 2013 app

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 20th, 2013)

Earlier today, Barack Obama was sworn in for his second term as the 44th president of the United States. Although the public inaugural is Monday, legally the President is installed by 12 noon on January 20; when that date lands on a Sunday, the swearing-in is done twice, with the second public ...

Both US presidential candidates pushing iPhone apps

by Mike Schramm (Aug 1st, 2012)

It's an election year, iOS devices are almost everywhere, and that's why both US Presidential candidates this year are already pushing iPhone apps. Governor Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee, has released an app called Mitt's VP -- he plans to announce his choice for Vice ...

President Obama gets an iPad 2 filled with Polish pride

by Michael Grothaus (May 29th, 2011)

President Obama is on a European tour, and one of his stops included Poland. Before parting, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk gave President Obama several gifts, a usual custom for visiting dignitaries. One of those gifts was an iPad 2. President Obama already has an iPad 2, but TUAW reader ...

Barack Obama and the iPad-in-Chief

by Chris Rawson (Apr 25th, 2011)

US President Barack Obama has been well-known for his love of RIM's BlackBerry, at least until last year when he admitted that the device is now "no fun" because of the security strictures he faces as Commander-in-Chief. The President has also said that technology in the White House is "30 ...

President Obama finally owns an iPad

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 28th, 2011)

Last November President Obama saw Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva using an iPad while at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders' retreat in Yokohama, Japan. After a brief exchange about the iPad versus lugging around books, it appears the President was swayed. Maybe it's the ...

JFK Historymaker: an iOS biography app for the 35th President

by David Winograd (Mar 4th, 2011)

JFK Historymaker (US$4.99) from MultiEducator, Inc. is an extensive and comprehensive multimedia biography app for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The amount of information is massive and includes 250 photos, 200 full text documents and 25 videos chronicling the life of John F. Kennedy, the ...

President Obama signs another iPad

by David Quilty (Nov 25th, 2010)

At the NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, an iPad-toting attendee approached President Obama and asked him to sign his 21st century autograph pad. The President replied, "I've done this once before." Back in October, President Obama signed an iPad at a rally at the University of Washington. As Dave ...

The first Presidential iPad autograph?

by Dave Caolo (Oct 22nd, 2010)

At a recent rally at the University of Washington in Seattle, President Obama signed a well-wisher's iPad. As far as we know, this is the first presidential autograph captured with an iPad. Sylvester Cann attended the rally with Adobe Ideas running on his iPad. He tells TechCrunch that at first ...

Russian president gets an iPhone 4 from Steve Jobs

by Mike Schramm (Jun 24th, 2010)

(Russian press pool) Russian president Demetri Medvedev has been touring Silicon Valley this week, and during a trip to the mothership in Cupertino, he became the first Russian to officially get an iPhone 4 -- from Steve Jobs himself, no less. The iPhone 4 isn't even officially on sale in ...

White House releases official app for free

by Mike Schramm (Jan 21st, 2010)

The White House (as in, the home of the American President Barack Obama) has introduced a brand new iPhone app, according to White House blogger Dave Cole. The app is a one-stop shop for everything there is to know about what the president's up to, including blog posts, a newsroom, photos, videos, ...

Rudy Park comic jokes that iPhone, Apple will solve all our problems

by David Chartier (Apr 15th, 2007)

It looks like the crew at Insanely Great Tees is on to something with their 'Steve Jobs for president' shirt. My wife and I decided to share the Sunday paper and a cup of coffee this morning (I know, even at 27/26, we're already getting old!), and what does she spot in the comic section? Why, a ...