Apps and Gadgets

He's almost here! In a few days, we will be welcoming Pope Francis on his first papal visit to the Philippines, Jan. 15-19, 2015. The last time a Pope visited the country was in 1995, with Pope John Paul II. At that time, the internet was just newly born and definitely, no social media yet. But since the time of Pope Benedict XVI to now, the papal Twitter account @Pontifex has transformed the papacy into one that definitely lives in the digital age and on social media. So how does the text capital of the world and a social media-intensive country that sees over 90% of its netizens on Facebook greet Pope Francis? With papal apps, of course! 1. The Official App - Papal Visit 2015-Philippines Developed by DigitalMediaPH, this app is considered the official papal visit app.

Good news for the Catholic faithful. The Vatican is on social media. No, I am not referring to @Pontifex , the Pope's official Twitter account. That's old hat. This is the latest news... the Pope now has his very own app. What else but The Pope App ! It's only been a week since the app debuted on the online scene but it already has over 100,000 downloads. Available on both the App Store and Google Play, The Pope App presents "the latest news and information on the Pope as produced by the Vatican's own media services and featured on News.va, the official network hub of Vatican communication". The latest news coming from the Vatican Live events are streamed on the app Social sharing of Pope's tweets within app Other features in the app The app's contents are easily shareable and can be easily changed from within the app into different languages including Spanish, French, Italian or Portuguese. Live views from webc...