White House Updates Mobile App in Time for Election

App boasts open source code and easy access to live Obama events

Not one to miss out on a digital trend, the Obama White House announced a reboot of its Apple and Android mobile app on Wednesday (Sept. 5) just in time for President Obama's convention speech Thursday night.

The app, which provides users with alerts for livestreams of presidential events, is most likely a sly move by the White House to draw more eyeballs to the president's campaign speeches as he traverses the country in the weeks before the election.

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