Posts by Adam

Are you a political junkie?

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

It seems like every week political junkies have another app to stay engaged. At CREDO Action we are always needing to stay up-to-date on political news. Luckily, there are a couple of great new apps.

All of these apps can be found in the Android Market place.

Android_CongressCongress is a fantastic source all things congress. Find news, look up Senator’s contact info, and track legislation. This is all really political geeky stuff. This app has won a number of awards and is published by a great organization called the Sunlight Foundation.

ANDROID-APP-HOME-PAGEHuffington Post is one of the most widely read progressive political news sources and is updated throughout the day. Some of the best progressive reporters are now at Huffpo and many big political names post commentary there. You’ll also find tech news, sports, style, travel, business and some salacious entertainment news if that is your cup of tea.

The Hill is the super inside the beltway, Washington DC, insider congressional news source. If you want to know what political hacks in DC are reading then this is for you.

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BlackBerry shoots, it SCORES! GOOOOOAAAALLLLLL!

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

The World Cup is upon us and off to a rousing start with South Africa and Mexico playing to scintillating 1-1 tie in the opening game. One of the best parts of the World Cup is we all have our favorite teams. Maybe it is the USA or a team related to your heritage or just rooting for the underdog. It is truly the World’s game.

BlackBerry and Android both have great apps to help follow all of the games. Moreover, if you are anything like me, you will need an app to follow all the scores and news since the games are being played early or in the heart of the workday for most of us.

Search the BlackBerry App World for a good World Cup app or try this one: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/10914

Or on an Android phone, search the Android Market for two of the best named “Goal.com Mobile” or “2010 World Cup.”

No smartphone? No problem.

Twitter has setup a special World Cup mini site that you can follow all of the action: http://twitter.com/worldcup/worldcup Find a couple of good tweeters to follow and have updates send straight to your phone via text messaging.

Enjoy the World Cup. For some of us it is a month of sporting bliss. And if someone randomly yells out “GOOOOAAAAALLLLL” while looking at their phone, you’ll know what is up.

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