Slate partners with Chimp software for iPhone election app
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Oct 3, 2008 at 1:30pm
Slate, a daily online magazine, has announced a partnership with Chimp Software to provide campaign poll tracking data to the “Election ‘08” iPhone app. By incorporating data from Slate’s Election Scorecard into the “Election ‘08” app, users will now have an instant update on which candidate is leading the presidential race, plus a comprehensive breakdown of the numbers in each state, right on an iPhone.
“People crave information during this election, and Slate’s Election Scorecard has been a destination online for an instant look at what’s happening in the polls,” says said David Plotz, Slate’s editor. “We wanted to combine that addictive content with technology that lets users have this data whenever they want, wherever they want, to create a meaningful mobile experience around the elections,”
Software developer Aaron Brethorst of Chimp Software first created the “Election ‘08” app, which is now called “Slate Poll Tracker ’08” with the addition of Slate campaign data. This application can be downloaded for US$ .99 at the Apple App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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