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POLITICO for iPad
POLITICO

April 5th, 2012



Price: Free

Category: News

Updated: Apr 05, 2012

Version: 2.2.0

Size: 13.2 MB

Seller: POLITICO

Rated 4+

Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later.


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POLITICO for iPad by POLITICO

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Description

Download the POLITICO for iPad app today to get your politics fix. The clean, easy-to-navigate layout is ideal for staying up to date when youre on the go. POLITICO serves as the one-stop shop for the fastest, most in-depth coverage of the president, Congress and the 2012 presidential race. POLITICOs journalists break news and drive conversation about the White House, Capitol Hill and Washington lobbying, plus the intersection of politics with Wall Street, media and personalities. POLITICO launched in January 2007 with the mission of covering politics with enterprise, style and impact.

Make sure to use our app on Primary/Caucus Election days for LIVE coverage, POLITICO LIVE video streaming, results, and maps!

KEY FEATURES:

Use the Sections button to navigate between several different POLITICO News, Blog, Policy, Morning Tipsheets, Videos, Opinion, LIVE online, and up to 100 user-Saved Articles. Now serving over 30 sections in all! You can now control what section content is downloaded and when (either automatically for the best offline experience, on demand, or never).

Article videos and images can be viewed inline or in full-screen mode. Video playback supports Apple's AirPlay technology.

Blogs, Tipsheets, and Video sections use a Table-of-Contents list for quickly scanning or finding what interests you most. Your open/closed setting of the Table-of-Contents is remembered until you change it.

Fully dynamic layout support in any view for any device orientation.

You can dynamically resize Article text so it's at your optimal reading size. Your desired setting is always remembered. To reset the size back to the original app default value, use the user Settings app.

Article links to the source content on politico.com may be copied or shared with anyone via Email, Twitter, or Facebook. You can also open them in Safari on your iPad.

Integrated support for 4 types of push notifications. Users can enable/disable each type individually in the user Settings app. The complete text of the last (unexpired) pushed notification is always downloaded for in-app viewing. When enabled, simply press the Alert button next to the Sections button to access it.

POLITICO can dynamically deliver additional content in the future, without requiring an app update. Make sure you have the "New Application Features Alerts" switch turned on in the user Settings app for POLITICO, to get notified when this occurs.

Non-video content is intelligently cached for offline reading when a network is not convenient.

Use the user Settings app to:
Enable/disable different types of pushed (or pulled) alerts
Clear any saved Twitter or Facebook login credentials
Reset the default font size setting
Remove all user-Saved Articles at once
Empty the cache of Article images, freeing up device memory usage
In the unlikely case of an app failure, reset all downloaded application files (doesn't affect cached images or Saved Articles)

Like any 24-hour news organization, POLITICO content changes several times, every day. The app will automatically check for changes several times every hour, and intelligently downloads only those changes that are different from the last downloaded content. If you desire an immediate update, you can always use the new Pull-To-Refresh mechanism in the "Sections" menu.

Feedback is welcome and appreciated. You can now email feedback directly to POLITICO from within the app, anywhere you see the "Sharing" button.

Please refer to our Online Privacy Policy for terms and conditions: http://www.politico.com/privacy

What's New in Version 2.2.0

New in version 2.2.0:

✔ Added over 20 new POLITICO sections – similar to POLITICO for iPhone, including:
    • Policy News
    • all Morning Tipsheets (including Playbook and Huddle)
    • Opinion
    • several new categories of Videos
    • live Web-based sections
✔ Brand new Sections menu that...
    • gives you freedom to control what content is downloaded and when (automatically for the best offline experience, on demand, or never)
    • includes a new Pull-To-Refresh mechanism, for when you want to get at the latest POLITICO data without waiting for the built-in refresh cycle to come around
✔ Added direct "Email POLITICO Feedback" option to Sharing menu
✔ Now utilizes integrated Twitter sharing interface for iOS 5 users
✔ Optimized high resolution artwork for new retina-display iPads
✔ Fully tested on iOS 5.1 and new iPads
✔ Minor bug fixes from previous version

New in version 2.1.2:

✔ Added support for POLITICO LIVE video streaming
✔ Added support for LIVE Primary/Caucus 2012 Election results

New in version 2.1.1:

✔ Added support for new sections
✔ Can now tap "POLITICO" logo to quickly go to Top News section
✔ Re-enabled support for POLITICO-created video content in Blog sections
✔ Updated Facebook sharing to use OAuth 2.0 authentication
✔ Improved startup performance, and content downloading intelligence
✔ Full iOS 5 GM compatibility, including iCloud

New in version 2.1.0:

✔ Newly redesigned Article text rendering engine including:
    • cleaner, easier-to-read multi-column layout where lines in adjacent columns align
    • tappable inline hyperlinks that open up inside an embedded browser
    • styled text that matched content on POLITICO.com including bold, underline, and italic
✔ Support for LIVE steaming video for special political-event nights such as debates, elections, etc.

New in version 2.0.1:

✔ Enabled support for push notifications with support for notification expirations
✔ Added support for appropriately displaying EDT or EST

New in version 2.0.0:

Significant upgrade with several new features and enhancements, including:

✔ Added “Sections” button with access to News, Blogs, Videos, and user-Saved Articles
✔ Base support for push notifications
✔ Ability to save up to 100 News, Blog, or Video Articles for later recall
✔ New Article Sharing options

Customer Reviews

App (5 stars)
The new version of the app does not appear to update properly

Great overall (4 stars)
This is a great app overall. Politico has great news coverage, and the app is up to date and easy to use. The article layout is very clean, and nice adjustable fonts.

There are a few flaws however. First, it pops up two alert notifications for everything that happens.

Second, the interface is clunky when moving to different sections. I wish they would give you all of the stories in the main section so you do not have

Great content before the crash (2 stars)
Great app was a favorite till the new version became unstable. 5 crashes today. Seems to be a problem with video clips....even when you don't try to play them. Any page they are on crashes before its fully loaded.

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