Best iPhone and Android apps for following the UK General Election

UK parties iPhone apps. Who got it wrong, who got it right.

A real immersive app which allows you engage with party policy, party events and share party information with your own social networks. All functionality is embedded within the app. Functionally it’s a winner ...

Online Applications and the 2010 Elections

For GOP Senate candidate Chuck DeVore, tilt to the right came early

DeVore, to stretch campaign dollars, aggressively pursues social networking – posting chatty, personal messages on Facebook and Twitter, and offering fans an iPhone app to track his campaign.

6 iPhone Apps to help you track the UK General Election

Digital Election 2010 – following the UK General Election online

Mobile Technology from Purple Forge a Centerpiece of the Liz Carter Campaign

Liz Carter announces iPhone Application Strategy on the Dennis Miller Show

New smartphone apps let politicians call for cash

Smartphone applications that allow users to donate money and participate in political polls are shaping up to be the next tool in the media kit of politicians who are literate in social media.

Review: My Politics UK

Purple Forge and Tweetminster have launched MyPolitics UK. The mobile internet portal combines the latest government and political party news with political Twitter feeds, YouTube and Facebook in a single application. The ‘app’ is not only aimed at giving the public up-to-date news on Westminster politics but also providing the opportunity for deeper engagement with politicians. For instance, registered users can participate in surveys and opinion polling as well as downloading political analyses.

Hudak gets his own iPhone app

..PC party strategists say the device will help them connect with younger voters as well as older voters who are quickly turning to mobile devices for information.

“We are trying to embrace technology, be the most modern and effective campaign of 2011,” one strategist said..."

Ont. Liberal party 'reckless, failed:' Hudak

...The Conservatives also unveiled new party logos at the convention in addition to a new website and what they claim is a first in Canada — an iPhone application for Hudak designed to attract more young voters....

The Hudak App: Is Canadian politics ready for the iPhone?

The Hudak App goes live: Thoughts about mobile apps and politics

Ontario's Progressive Conservatives are holding their annual general meeting in Ottawa today and, as part of the festivities later today, the party will announce that leader Tim Hudak now has his own iPhone application, the first leader of a Canadian political party, so far as I know, to have his own app delivered through Apple's iTunes store to iPhones around the country.

Good for the Ontario PCs for being a first mover, if you will, on the iPhone, but the real innovation will come with its use. Can this app, and others that will surely follow for Android, BlackBerry and other mobile operating systems, be an effective tool to help organize, fundraise, track voters, promote and publicize, and get elected? Personally, I think the answer is yes and that mobile apps will eventually be a must-have tool for political organizations.

Startups to Watch 2010: Purple Forge

... “We saw the opportunity to provide a compelling value proposition to customers with the combo of mobile and social networking,” Mr. Hurley says. “It lets them reach customers and get very dynamic, real-time feedback – it’s like a pulse-taking. And it provides the opportunity to do things that just weren’t possible before.”

iPhone app targets tech savvy at CPAC

Washington (CNN) - Want to find out who's the next speaker at Conservative Political Action Conference? There's an app for that.

Attendees at this year's CPAC have the option of downloading an iPhone application that includes an event schedule, as well as the latest CPAC news, video and photos....

CPAC available on your iPhone

...Two tech firms -- Purple Forge and Raise Digital -- are offering GOP politicos a free iPhone app this week, available via Apple's iTunes store. The software allows iPhone users to connect to the conference virtually -- to watch videos of speeches, read bios of the speakers themselves, follow other users' Twitter streams and answer surveys about the conference....

CPAC in Your Pocket

CPAC, that annual gathering of conservative activists, bold-faced names, members of Congress, and true believers, has been humming along for more than 35 years. But this year, for the very first time, CPAC attendees can navigate the two-day conference at Washington's Marriott Wardman Park Hotel armed with an iPhone app. It's also a useful tool for those following the festivities from home.

Goin' rogue: This year's CPAC is for the younger crowd

With video games, a performance by the trendy Gregory Brothers and even an iPhone app, this isn't your grandpa's CPAC.

CPAC: There's An App For That

RaiseDigital is proud to sponsor the official iPhone application for CPAC 2010. In a partnership with PurpleForge, RaiseDigital has developed an iPhone application to allow attendees of the CPAC conference to stay up to date with the latest CPAC related photos, videos, news and events from the leading smartphone platform.

Liberal vs. Conservatives on grassroots politics and social media

... Purple Forge has developed an application to facilitate extending political interaction with social networks to mobile devices.

Smart Phones, New Politics

Purple Forge Mobilizes Community Passions