Britain Considers IPad App 'To Run A Country'

LONDON — Britain's government says experts are considering developing a bespoke iPad app that would deliver key data straight to Prime Minister David Cameron's tablet computer.

Officials said Wednesday that the idea is being discussed, though Cameron's Downing Street office declined to comment on the details.

The Times of London newspaper reported the app could include statistics and information from government departments, real time news and Twitter updates.

Cameron has previously discussed his affection for his iPad, but acknowledged he needed "a little bit of help from someone in IT" to set up the gadget.

The British chief has frequently championed the country's technology sector and hailed the so-called Silicon Roundabout cluster of digital companies in east London.

Comments

[anthonyparker80]

07:36 AM on 12/29/2011

I wonder if Apple owns as much of England as it does the Huffington Post

[tammy716]

03:52 PM on 12/28/2011

I knew it! Steve Jobs downloaded his sole onto an iPad and has figured out how to tap into world government from beyond the grave.

[Pectin]

09:36 AM on 12/29/2011

Naw, he was vegetarian.

[ThinkCreeps]

02:35 PM on 12/28/2011

Running a country would be a real novelty for DC.

Just as long as the app can send an email to the old etonians club and show him the lunch menu, he should be OK.

[ThinkCreeps]

02:32 PM on 12/28/2011

Learning now to use an abacus would surely be an adequate start.

[rybalaw]

01:15 PM on 12/28/2011

There is an app for everything isn't there?