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Romney to Announce VP Pick Via App

App can gather info on his supporters

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 31, 2012 8:51 AM CDT

(Newser) – Want to be the first to know Mitt Romney's running mate? There's an app for that. The Romney campaign has released a new "Mitt's VP" app, which it's billing as a way to "be the first to know the second member of America’s Comeback Team.” Users of the app, which is available for iPhone and Android, will get an "instantaneous alert" when Romney announces his decision, the Hill reports.

Users will also be able to share the news to their social network of choice, and buy Romney campaign merchandise. The Hill sees the move as the evolution of Barack Obama's strategy of texting his VP pick to supporters. That initiative gave Obama a trove of valuable phone numbers, but Romney's app could potentially collect much more data on users. On startup, for example, it asks permission to access location data.
A member of the audience uses a mobile phone to record an image of himself with Mitt Romney, right, at the conclusion of a campaign event at an oil company in Milwaukee, April 2, 2012.
A member of the audience uses a mobile phone to record an image of himself with Mitt Romney, right, at the conclusion of a campaign event at an oil company in Milwaukee, April 2, 2012.   (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Mitt Romney, left, takes a photograph on his mobile phone with his wife Ann during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2012, in London.
Mitt Romney, left, takes a photograph on his mobile phone with his wife Ann during the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2012, in London.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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COMMENTS
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Tology
Aug 1, 2012 4:10 AM CDT
One person buy the app and then tell the rest of us so we don't waste our money.
myflap.blow
Aug 1, 2012 3:25 AM CDT
wait a tick - this could be the most brilliant thing ever! If the app "erroneously" releases the choice to only a handful of people first, they can measure the response and if its way off base they can change the pick and try another few. In the end any delays or mishaps could be simply blamed on flawed technology, and in turn they get a guy the majority is definitely ok with.
cornelison
Jul 31, 2012 8:11 PM CDT
Will it give us access to his tax returns???

 
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