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Running Great Britain? There's an App For That!

Posted by timothy on from the good-thing-it's-so-simple dept.

judgecorp writes "Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron will get a personalised iPad app to help him run the country. The 'government dashboard' will include health waiting list figures, crime statistics, economic statistics and a real-time news feed. Cameron is a committed Apple user — but British members of Parliament have only been allowed iPads in the House of Commons since March 2011."

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  1. Re:Why is a native client needed? by lucm · · Score: 1, Troll

    An app is an Objective-C equivalent of a website, with an additional touch: it gives the opportunity to Apple to fetch a few dollars in the process. It is also hugely convenient for them because they don't have so spend money on fixing their browser so it work properly on their devices. It's "win-win" with Apple being on both side of the dash.

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    lucm, indeed.