Tweetminster data helps Purple Forge create the MyPolitics UK iPhone app

Today sees the official launch of MyPolitics UK – a political news & social media app for the iPhone from Purple Forge, powered by Tweetminster data.   It’s not a Tweetminster app (our friends at Thin Martian designed the interface & branding) but when Purple Forge first planned a UK app, they approached us to configure the feeds using our verified list of MPs, PPCs, Parties and Government departments.  Plus we identified the most popular and relevant news sources and bloggers, and suggested the types of survey question that gets good online traction for their interactive polls.

Purple Forge have created an agile development platform for spawning iPhone app channels that aggregate Twitter posts, YouTube & Flickr feeds plus news feeds, blog posts and live interactive polling tools.  Alongside their similar apps in the USA & Canada, MyPolitics UK is a tool that mobilises your local MPs and candidates, and the breaking news stories of the day.

For us, this has been a great way of testing the business case for creating a commercial API for Tweetminster tools and data – an API has been on the product roadmap since day one, but the challenge for any start-up is whether there really is a market for it and is it cost effective to deploy.  Over the last year we’ve created a host of apps and widgets for partners and our own products, so the infrastructure for an API is in place, and given the experience of working with Purple Forge and the types of request we’re getting from 3rd party app developers we’ll be launching an API to meet demand later this year… But definitely after the May General Election.

MyPolitics UK is out now and free on the appstore Check it out.

Posted at Thu, Mar 11th 2010, 15:44
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Tweetminster Daily - March 10 2010

The Tweetminster Daily is a summary of the dayís top political stories and analysis around UK politics. The summary isnít curated or editorially controlled, but entirely built using data.

Issue 30 - 10/03/2010 - 19:00

The most shared stories on Twitter around UK Politics in the past 24 hours:

• Is violent crime going up or down?
• Labour edges ahead on education, BBC poll suggests
• Madrasa stains, or the Guardian takes a second bite at the cherry
• Tory lead down to 4% in YouGov/Sun tracker
• Dyson sets out plans to boost high tech industry
• The Lib Dem assault on online identity
• Tornado in the chamber
• Voters complain to speaker about PMQs
• Despicable Major who stole £100K from war heroes charity is jailed

Posted at Wed, Mar 10th 2010, 19:09
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Tweetminster Daily - March 9 2010

The Tweetminster Daily is a summary of the day’s top political stories and analysis around the main parties. The summary isn’t curated or editorially controlled, but entirely built using data.

Issue 26 - 09/03/2010 - 18:00

Today’s most shared stories on Twitter around UK Politics:

• Cameron Uncovered
• Protecting Frontline Services - Education
• If the Tories want to win, they’ve got to fight
• Take a long, hard look at the Tories on crime
• The Guardian faces commercial ruin if the Tories win
• Lord Paul’s pension steel
• Eric Pickles distances Tory party from rightwing training organisation
• Bid to scrap right of entry laws
• Why I’m backing the Lib Dems
• Bush to Cameron: don’t derail Northern Ireland deal

Posted at Tue, Mar 9th 2010, 18:24
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Tweetminster Daily - March 8 2010

The Tweetminster Daily is a summary of the day’s top political stories and analysis around UK Politics. The summary isn’t curated or editorially controlled, but entirely built using data.

Issue 29 - 08/03/2010 - 17:50

The most shared stories on Twitter around UK Politics in the past 24 hours:

• Guess what? The unions are spending more in the marginals than the Conservatives (Conservative Home)
• Have the Lib Dems just saved Labour from a post-election Brown leadership? (Spectator)
• Ex-PM Attacks Brown For ‘Unbecoming Conduct’ (Sky News)
• The questions David Cameron must answer (but he won’t even let me ask…) (Daily Mail)
• Lib Dems should refuse a coalition (Guardian)
• Cameron’s Hurt Locker (Demos)
• Tories red-faced after Samantha-for-Labour gaffe (Guardian)
• Nick Clegg accuses Tories of crude form of blackmail (Stephentall.org)
• If the Tories want to win, they’ve got to fight (Daily Telegraph)

Posted at Mon, Mar 8th 2010, 17:58
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