Republican National Convention app includes live streaming and 360-degree video
http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/6/12110256/republican-convention-rnc-app-live-stremaing-360-video The mobile app was developed by the Committee on Arrangements for the RNC and the Cleveland Host Committee. Both receive assistance from AT&T, which is the official comms, video, and tech partner of the event and the distributor behind the RNC 2016 app. "The communications and digital efforts are very much working hand in hand to make sure that we're reaching different audiences and working together," Audrey Scagnelli, the national press secretary for the convention, told Adweek. "I think that we've reached a lot of different channels." Google is the RNC's official live streaming partner, and much of the same video can be viewed on YouTube for those not interested in downloading a separate app for the convention ... That said, the industry's involvement with the RNC has created tensions, as some prominent tech companies have refused to participate in the event due to Trump's rhetoric. Google and Facebook decided to move forward with plans to support the RNC -- Facebook will have a lounge at the event to promote its social network and mobile apps. Others, like Apple and HP, pulled financial and hardware support over Trump's sexist, racist, and xenophobic campaign positions and public comments. - - - https://plus.google.com/+LaurenWeinstein/posts/1jFQDKUe4GW Personally, I wouldn't touch this app with a 10 foot pole, it's likely full of malware and tracking. My view is that our single most important goal right now, as individuals and as a country, is to keep an ignorant, soulless, amoral, lying, misogynistic, racist, fascist monster like Trump away from the control of nuclear weapons that could destroy civilization. Everything else pales in comparison. While it could be argued that it's worthwhile making sure everyone sees the GOP and Trump clearly for the brutal, hellish apparitions they are, my assumption is that the convention will do everything it can to keep those sharp edges from being prominent during the convention itself. As such, it could be argued that firms participating in this convention are directly -- if unwittingly -- supporting the associated propaganda effort to put a fascist, horrific idiot in the White House. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
