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Volume I, Issue 2
Late May, 2009
Greetings!
Thank you for your purchasing our software and for opening our second bi-weekly newsletter. In this issue, we welcome new applications, data partners, provide some undocumented search capabilities, share a great review from Washingtonian Magazine Online, and announce price reductions on some of our very best applications.
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Welcome, Mr. President
President In Your Pocket and the State of Washington
You asked us for it and now it's in iTunes. President Barack Obama, his cabinet, key staff, and agency directors all in your pocket. Over 100 of the administration's top officials and their deputies are now available for the introductory price of 99¢. Get it now.
Also, we'd like to congratulate our teammate Jeff Linder for the release of Washington (State) In Your Pocket. It's available now in the App Store in Plus and
Pro versions.
We are also in development with folks in many other states. Check out this map to see what's coming up next. Please email us if you would like to be a state partner. |
Washingtonian Review
A "Top iPhone App for Washington"
 We continue to be amazed at the reception our applications have been getting. Recently, we were listed as a top iPhone app for Washington, DC by the Washingtonian Magazine. This is the one magazine in DC that most restaurants look to for reviews as well as arts, leisure, even where to live in the area. We're honored they listed us and wanted to share the good news with you.
We appreciate the ratings you have given us in iTunes. I don't know about you, but these mean a lot to me when I think about buying an app in iTunes. Please keep rating your all of applications and providing us valuable feedback so we can improve. Here is a link to our website for more reviews.
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Great Search Tips
You can do more than search by name
As we work to global search through all of our information in our database (coming in July), here are some interesting things you can do in the search you already have.
- Try typing (R) or (D) and you will get only the members of either political party.
- If you type in a location such as New York, you'll get all of the members of that location.
- In Congress applications, try typing in the word Senior and you will get all of the senior members in each state in the Senate. Same works for the word Junior.
- Remember, you can search for a member's first name as well as last name.
- On state versions, try searching for -2 and you will get every district that starts with a 2, which likely gets you districts that are relatively close to each other.
Coming soon, you'll be able to do full searches for staff names, things in the biography section, and (where applicable) you'll be able to search for committee names. We're excited by what we've seen in the betas and can't wait until we can release it to you in free updates.
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BlackBerry Update
 We have been working feverishly on BlackBerry applications that look like what we have for iPhones. Currently we offer web applications for all of our apps but, as iPhone users know, it's much better to have the database on the app. We've started development on native apps. If you'd like to join us, click here.
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Free Promo Codes
Thinking of upgrading to Plus or Pro? Would you like to try out one of our state applications? Email us at promo@congressinyourpocket.com and we will email you a free four-week trial. Feel free to pass it along to a friend or colleague!
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Thank you for reading this newsletter. As always, I'm here if you have any questions, comments, or feedback on any of our applications. We answer every single email and appreciate your business very much.
Sincerely,
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Michael D. Cohen, Ph.D.
Congress In Your Pocket
Founder & CEO
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