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Track Obama's Promises

Obama made more than 500 promises during the election campaign - track how many he keeps with PolitFact's Obameter.

Crash the Inauguration

  1. The PointAbout 2009 Presidential Inauguration Guide's free app (via iTunes) had info on events, parties, restaurants, parking, transport, and the nearest Wi-Fi hotspots in the lead up to the inauguration - it even measured distance to the inauguration steps.
  2. And for iPhone lovers there's this.

The Official iPhone Application

The official connection to Obama promises to help you make an impact and stay in the know. Call a friend, find your local Obama HQ, find events, and learn about Obama's positions on important issues. Works with iPhone and iPod touch.
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/iphone

Obama Facebook

Share the news items, blog posts, speeches, and videos that most inspire you. This Facebook app has a respectful 19,216 active monthly users. It's interesting to note that at campaign time Obama's Facebook page had 2.1m+ supporters, a figure which has since risen to 3,854,415.
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2263644905

Keep it in the Family

Barack Obama's step mum, Kezia Obama, is fronting Mrs Obama Bingo with the help of Galabingo.com. It's all for a good cause. Play a game and Gala will donate 10p of every £1 spent to Sue Ryder Care
http://www.galabingo.com/obamabingo/

Branded Apps

Nike+

Keep an eye on your goals, challenges and pb’s with the Nike Plus widget and share your progress with the world. Watch running data, access challenges or plot routes using Nike + Map through iGoogle (including the top 10 running routes). You’ll need the Nike + ID which works with the ipod nano or nike + sportband - this measures distance, pace, time, calories burned and sends info to nikeplus.com. Add the free widget to a desktop, a blog, webpage or social network. This free service adds a lot of value.
http://nikeplus.nike.com/nikeplus/?locale=en_gb

iFood Assistant

If it's useful, people will come. Kraft's iPhone app is currently sitting at #2 in the Lifestyle category. It has a 99c charge for downloading it, you need to register and it features advertising. What? It must be good. It’s for those with less time on their hands and it covers every detail of meal time - 7000 recipes, ingredients, preparation time (with step-by-step videos), shopping lists, store locators, and even specifies which isle to buy ingredients from.
www.kraftfoods.com/kf/iFood.aspx

Johnson & Johnson – Accuminder

This is a handy reminder tool to help you keep sight of all the little details. Create any type of reminder for yourself or friends. If you wear contact lenses, it will remind you when it's time to change your lenses or schedule your annual eye exam. Choose how often you'd like to receive reminders via email and/or in your Newsfeed. Available for Facebook and for the desktop.
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=27415190831

UPS Widget

This rather cute desktop application from UPS makes tracking packages simpler and is great for frequent users of their services. It tracks shipments, offers help and guides, shows drop off locations, help and service guides, UPS quick links even news feeds and games for those with time on their hands. It's nice.
http://www.widget.ups.com/en-gb/default.aspx

Cancer Research

Ever wondered how much alcohol you drink? Cancer Research UK created an online "Alcohol Tracker" gadget so you can track how much alcohol you're drinking over time, compare your drinking to recommended levels, compare your drinking to average levels for your region and age and get feedback on your habits. To use it, you just need a Google account.

STA Travel

STA Travel widgets are for desktops, personal pages and Facebook. A trip countdown counts down the seconds 'til you leave for your holiday. Travel promos are made available with the Special Offers widget. Get the travel widget and check off your to-do list as your trip approaches. And whether its Cairo, Columbia or Cairns the weather widget checks it before you go and compares it to the weather at home – as if you needed to rub it in.
http://www.statravel.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/uk_division_web_live/hs.xsl/widgets.htm

Facebook

There are 54,214 apps on Facebook with over 200,000 developers currently evaluating the platform – not all brands though.

Electronic Arts Warhammer Kill Drill

The app includes physics-based animation and ties into a promotional point system for the game, and interactions on Facebook earn points that are credited to the user’s EA account
http://www.new.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=24036526883&ref=s

Reebok Talkin' Crazy

Tag your shoes with a dry erase marker as a means of 'smack talking' while on the court. The app allows users to send "smack talk" to their friends in the form of virtual Reebok gifts, personalized messages, or YouTube or Vimeo videos.
http://apps.facebook.com/reeboktalkinkrazy/

ABSOLUT Global Cooling

Share cocktail recipes with their friends and for every drink sent, ABSOLUT will donate $1 to one of 5 environmental charities of their choice, up to $500k.

FedEx: Launch the Package

"Launch the Package" is a nice touch with 1,129 monthly active users who customize a package for any occasion by adding gifts, photos, videos & even attachments then send it to friends.
Launch the Package

iFart

At Christmas it was reported that the iFart Mobile app, reached the number one paid iphone app spot and was making the developer nearly $10,000 a day. Christmas Day saw 38,927 downloads of iFart Mobile. That’s a lot of money from a $0.99 fart app. BTW there are currently around 10,000 apps for the iPhone alone, reports Chilmark Research.
iFart

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