Prime Minister of Norway Governs from iPad

[ClassicBean]

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, stranded in New York City due to an erupting volcano, has been governing the country entirely from an iPad.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/16/governing-norway-ipad-theres-app/?test=latestnews

 

[kas23]

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, stranded in New York City due to an erupting volcano, has been governing the country entirely from an iPad.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/16/governing-norway-ipad-theres-app/?test=latestnews

This just goes to show how simplistic governing actually is.

 

[ngenerator]

Lol, I'm guessing you just got your ZDnet tech email too?

 

[whistler222]

iPad used to govern a country

This is awesome:

"All he needs is an iPad and and outlet to run Norway.

Jens Stoltenberg, the country's prime minister, was stranded Friday with thousands of other fliers at Kennedy Airport by a huge black cloud of volcanic ash that turned the skies over a large swath of Europe into a no-fly zone.

But that didn't prevent Stoltenberg from conducting the daily business of Norwegian government on Apple's newest gizmo in an airport lounge."

 

[annk]

This just goes to show how simplistic governing actually is.

Or how easy it is to run Norway.

 

[whooleytoo]

Jeez... is there really an app for that?

"iRule"?

 

[rdowns]

What an Apple fanboy feel good story. Governing, huh? I guess reading and replying to emails is running the government.

 

[annk]

Jeez... is there really an app for that?

"iRule"?

Or the Norwegian version - iRegjerer.

What an Apple fanboy feel good story. Governing, huh? I guess reading and replying to emails is running the government.

There aren't that many people to rule in Norway. I think he might just manage it from an iPad.

 

[Peace]

From what I understand the people of Norway are pretty nice people so I don't see any major unrest coming out of this.

 

[ucfgrad93]

Jeez... is there really an app for that?

"iRule"?

LOL! Neat story.

 

[Arran]

Jeez... is there really an app for that?

Yeah, but i only makes fart noises in ver 1.0.

Pretty good, really.

 

[synth3tik]

This just goes to show how simplistic governing actually is.

or how little heads of state actually do.