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Super PAC app for iPhone is like Shazam for political ads

by Mel Martin (Aug 23rd, 2012)

The free Super PAC app has just been released for the iPhone and it gives you a look behind the curtain to see who is funding the political ads that are blanketing the airwaves and the internet, and gives you some places to check the 'facts' that the ads claim. In a way it is like the Shazam app ...

Keep track of the candidates and the issues with PollTracker

by Mel Martin (Aug 10th, 2012)

If you're following all the election news this year, it's hard to avoid all the results of the many polls that are taken. PollTracker is a well done non-partisan iOS app that keeps you on top of the ups and downs of the polls in the Presidential race, Senate and House campaigns, gubernatorial ...

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 ...

Jobs to miss Apple shareholder meeting this week

by Mike Schramm (Feb 23rd, 2009)

Bloomberg is reporting that Steve Jobs will not attend this week's Apple shareholder meeting. That's not a big surprise -- Jobs' health has kept him from attending recent usual events, including Macworld earlier this year. But it is the first time in the over 10 years since he rejoined the company ...