No iPhone Apps, Please — We're British

GMGruman writes "The BBC has stirred up quite a row in Britain about a shocking use of taxpayer funds: creating iPhone apps to provide citizens services. As InfoWorld blogger Galen Gruman notes, it's apparently bad in Britain for the government to use modern technology during a recession, a mentality he likens as a shift from 'cool Britannia' to 'fool Britannia.'"

Re:Maybe something everybody can use?

[JustinRLynn]

iPhone is best [youtube.com] (NSFW language)

Re:Maybe something everybody can use?

[BagOBones]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOtC9QfXac [youtube.com] the other side also NSFW language

Re:iphone

[zwei2stein]

Yes, but how else are brittish going to "donate" money to ipod developer nephew of director?

He has to make living, you know ... what better way to provide him that giving him project that no-one will really use (and thus noone will complain about if it goes horribly wrong.).

Re:Maybe something everybody can use?

[phonewebcam]

iPhone 5 is better [stashbox.org]

Re:It's the upcoming cuts, not the recession

[tnok85]

Listen. The coolness of Britannia is at risk here. I can't imagine any course of action except to accelerate these iPhone app plans, unless Britannia wants to take over for France as the uncool kid on the block.

As a Brit, I thank you. We are now the World again

[Anonymous Coward]

As a Brit, I thank you. We are now the World again! Rule Brittannia! Britannia rules the waves!

Re:Maybe something everybody can use?

[teslar]

Because I live in Scandinavia and changing tires(summer/winter) is most certainly relevant to safe driving?

Sure, but why would a DVLA test be relevant to you if you live in Scandinavia? Conversely, why should the DVLA test for things that might be useful in Scandinavia? I agree that it's useful to know how to change tires (and it ain't exactly rocket science anyways). But "the British DVLA should test it because it saves me money in Norway" is not a good argument.

Re:Maybe something everybody can use?

[the_womble]

Of course its a US state:

Tony Blair