Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

FactCheck.Org on the Mobile Web

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Curious to learn just the facts about the health care bill or the 2010 census? m.factcheck.org might be a good resource while you are on the run.

Factcheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases and then report on it on this site.

I have found this site particularly useful during elections when the mudsling is in full effect. They break down the topics in a digestible way and appear to give both sides.

The easy to use Search feature allows me to just find what I need and I can even email the editor questions or read the weekly FactCheck Mailbag to see what others are interested in.

The gubernatorial elections are coming up in many states this June. I’ll be checking back into this site before I go to the polls.

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Watch Brave New Films on your BlackBerry

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Many of our readers may know that we at CREDO Mobile are big fans of Brave New Films, but did you know you can view Sick For Profit and other BNF productions on your BlackBerry Curve or web-enabled device via YouTube? Sick For Profit exposes CEOs of the five largest health insurance companies and the fact that they are making millions at the expense of your health.

Brave News Films uses new media and Internet video campaigns to educate, influence, and empower viewers to take action around issues that matter. Their short videos have been viewed over 45 million times in the past two years. They have a million members and counting and are getting critical issues into the mainstream media.

Here are a few ways you can participate:

1. View a Brave New Film on your Mobile: Go to http://www.youtube.com/mobile on your BlackBerry Curve or web-enabled mobile phone. You can search for videos by typing Brave New Films into the YouTube search box.

2. Join Brave New Films: Sign up for a free Brave New Films video subscription at their website: www.bravenewfilms.org

3. Become a Video Activist: Sign up to be a Brave New Films Video Activists and capture and submit compelling stories you believe need to be told.

If you’d like to upload a video to YouTube from your Blackberry here’s how:

  • Log into YouTube from your computer and click on “Account”
  • Find the link on the left-hand side called “Mobile Setup.”

  • Specify and/or register your mobile phone number to get a unique email address to which you can send your mobile videos.

  • Save that into your BlackBerry as a contact. Once you’ve taken a video from your phone, just email it to that address to upload it to your YouTube account

I hope you’ll take this chance to get involved with Brave New Films whether on the go or at home. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

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All The News That’s Fit for Your CREDO BlackBerry Curve

Monday, August 10th, 2009

If you are like me and can’t survive without the New York Times but don’t want to lug around the print edition, check out the New York Times App from BlackBerry. You get all of paper’s content for free, but don’t need to worry about getting newsprint on your pants.

You can find the NY Times apps in BlackBerry AppWorld. Search on “ny times”. This will get you access to a bunch of cool starting points for the best newspaper in America:

1) “The New York Times Shortcut” – this places a shortcut to the front page in your app list. Once you get to the Times, scroll to the bottom of the screen for an index of all sections and blogs.

2) “The New York Times Politics News Notifier“. This link will take you right to the Politics page of the paper. You may not like the notifier feature – this pops up on your screen whenever new news arrives. A bit too much for me. You need to disable this feature through your Options menu, “NYT Politics Options”.

3) “New York Times Dealbook” – this is another notifier geared towards Masters of the Universe in need of their daily Andrew Ross Sorkin fix. It would be great if they had more direct shortcuts and notifiers for other subjects like this.

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Of course, you can also bookmark specific NYT pages or blogs through your browser. Simply navigate to your favorite page (e.g., “Most E-Mailed”), click the BlackBerry button, and then select “Add Bookmark.” Then you can access the page in your bookmark list, accessible in the browser by clicking the BlackBerry button.

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