Realtime Congress as Realtime Empowerment

This is a mash up of different articles- Real Time Congress is a fast and free app to access real-time information about U.S. Congress on iPhone. Lobbyists have spent lots of money to get access to real-time information on Congress, and it’s a divide that helped them be more powerful than most citizens. Now, the [...]

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Defining future in a single app

In a soon future, there will be no more wanderings, no more waiting line, no more dial, no more credit card… If you don’t believe it, check out Taxi Magic. Taxi Magic for iPhone can: * Find taxis near you * Book taxis without waiting on hold * Remember previously booked locations * Track your [...]

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Are french politicians ready for gov20 ?

Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, UMP french leading-party secretary, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, introduced UMP new socialmedia: “Les créateurs de possible“. The idea of this platform is to make it possible for every citizen to purpose, discuss, and get involved in community projects. « Creators of opportunity», as it may be approximatively translated, is a Do It Yourself [...]

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Apps to track noise pollution

Noise pollution is indeed a quality-of-life issue but there are now two apps to start documenting on them. NoiseTube (french) LHR NoiseMap (british) are two projects that use mobile phones to measure, record and map instances of noise pollution. By installing a free application that measures the noise level wherever they are, users will record [...]

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