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Twitter Goes Political with Election 08′

If you’ve been on Twitter for the last few months, you’ve probably noticed a few of your stateside followers in deep conversation about the upcoming election to replace President Bush. While we all have our own opinion on how the country has been managed, the good news is that finally some change is coming and this election will determine the course of our future. Even our friends overseas are watching closely to see just what will happen, for better or worse.

Twitter has gone the extra mile and included a “Twad” (Twitter ad) at the top of their site to keep users up to date on the election, fundamentally calling it Election.Twitter. At midnight last night, Election.Twitter went live, finally acknowledging just how popular, if not important, this topic has been on their micro-blogging service. The site will be very familiar to long time Twitter users, except for one big difference. “What are you doing?” is being replaced with “What do you think?”, opening the floor for debate, discussion, disagreement, and speculation.

To get the low down on what is going on, stop by get involved, and get informed!

iPhone App Review of Campaign

Last week I searched the Apple iPhone App store in search of a dedicated political application that I could use to follow the elections. Interestingly enough I only found news apps, which is great, but too convoluted with other news that I did not want to have to filter through. That being said I was greatly disappointed and left the site.

Just this week I came across Campaign, a dedicated political updater that keeps you informed on how both parties are doing in this monumental election. Now even for those not stateside, this election has a global impact. The next person in office will have to make some big decisions, and I feel confident in saying that myself along with the rest of the world hope that decisions are the right ones, not for personal gain or economic reasons.

This little application is brought to you by Gorloch Interactive, which states they will try to provide you with all the dirt on both candidates to make you a “more-informed” voter. Do no worry if you think this application is one sided, three categories keep you informed on both parties in relation to News, Polls, and Candidates. Once you download the application you have your chance to set up your desired results.

If you want all the latest updates on who said what, who did what, and where they stand on upcoming issues, then definitely get Campaign. You might also want to hurry, because the election is over in two months, and you want to be the most informed voter you can be.