For those of us who follow the political scene, a collection of new smartphone apps are making keeping up with all the goings on significantly easier than it used to be. Rather than browsing the web, watching the news or reading the newspaper, everything you wanted to know (and more) about the political campaigns is literally at the tip of your finger with the apps listed in this article.
As the political conventions wind down, and the campaigns crank into overdrive, there are plenty of smartphone applications to add to the arsenal for following the presidential election.
Each of this week's offerings is free, and all but one are available for both Android and Apple devices.
Ad Hawk by the Sunlight Foundation, available from Google Play and the App Store, tells which groups are behind political advertisements. The Sunlight Foundation is a nonpartisan group that advocates for government transparency. Continue Reading
