Apps becomes political football - IDG.se

Political apps are itself is not anything particularly new – several of the Swedish parliamentary parties presented such apps before the 2010 election – but the new app Falling asleep with Reinfeldt’s still special in terms of its history.

class=”paragraphIntro”> sender is not one of the parliamentary parties, but the stand-alone anti-government blog Alliance Freely Sweden. The app is based on the user to fall asleep by listening to the audio clip where Reinfeldt talk, and is a nod to an app that Social Democrats recently introduced, where the idea is that you will be awakened by Stefan Löfven.

Around 5000 visited the site where the app was launched – exact figure on the number of downloads does not exist yet, but the people behind the site, track that it’s more than that. The app has climbed to a top ten finish in the Swedish App Store, where it also has become the most downloaded medical apps in the category.

who has developed This App is Joel E Svensson, who made themselves known to those responsible for the blog and wanted to help.

– It was entirely voluntary. I thought “they might want a app developers,” so I got in me, he says to Computersweden.se.

normally works he a company that develops mobile apps, and do “more advanced things about encryption and secure communication,” as he puts it. There he made during his spare Alliance Freely Sweden, besides sleeping app, an extension where you will be mocked by Reinfeldt in your browser.

– As soon you come up with the idea, it is easy to realize it. The Reinfeldt app is really very simple, the hard part is getting the idea. Now it is so good that many spontaneously think that is funny, and then you know that it has succeeded, Joel E Smith.

How big role plays such an app in this debate?

– I guess that it adds a little contrast on how you look at Reinfeldt. If it gets spread establishes itself perhaps a different picture. That he is tired and has been prime minister for long.

Will it be more apps from your side?

class=”paragraphIntro”> – As soon we get the ideas, we shower them out. Of course there will be more. We must keep up with what’s happening, what’s happening now is maybe not as hot for a while.

Do you think it will be something appsvar?

– It would be honestly great fun if it is any kind of answer to this.