People Operating Technology Press Coverage
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"Death Panel" iPhone App Offers Health Care Trivia
CBS News, December 10, 2009
Perhaps the only thing more challenging for Congress this year than passing health care legislation has been trying to explain it to the American people. Lies, distortions and a lack of understanding of the facts have all muddied the debate.
So of course, for those trying to understand health care reform, there's an app for that. More specifically, there is a new iPhone application that plays off one of the most notorious lies to come out of the health care debate: death panels.
The free iPhone and iPod Touch game "Death Panel" is "100 percent nonpolitical, nonpartisan," according to People Operating Technology, the iPhone application company that made the game. -
Washington Times, December 10, 2009
The ancient idea of democracy has taken one more step into the 21st century. We hear that citizens can now use their iPhones to learn more about the ever-thorny health care debate while the United States Senate considers passage of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act.Launching today is the Death Panel, a free iPod "touch game" and iPhone application developed to inform the public by testing the user's knowledge of health care reform.The app's developer Jason Petralia, the CEO of People Operating Technology, explains that the game is "nonpartisan" and allows the user to role-play as an officeholder who must stand before his constituents on a virtual platform and field questions about various health care policies, programs and relevant issues.Questions range from "the lighthearted" to the "heated," according to Mr. Petralia.
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Breaking news: new iPhone game that educates about U.S. health care
Examiner.com, December 10, 2009
Last night a new game released in the App Store that aims to educate Americans about the state of healthcare in the United States. It doesn't discuss what President Obama is trying to change with his healthcare plan, but that's not the goal of teh game. The goal is to educate everyone about our health care system so we can make decisions for ourselves about whether it is working or not.
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Developer Workshop: People Operating Technology
Fierce Developer, December 10, 2009
Developer Workshop is a series of profiles exploring the current state of the mobile marketplace from the point of view of the software developers mapping out its future. Each profile focuses on a developer with a compelling story to tell, and offers their perspective on what the industry's doing right, what it's doing wrong and how to make it better.
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App based on US healthcare is surprise hit: 5 iPhone games that could take on social policy
Shiny Shiny, December 10, 2009
You might not think that an iPhone app exploring social policy would really take off. I mean, there are Wallace and Gromit comics to compete with on the app store. But actually a gaming app based on the current debate over the US health care system has been a surprise success.
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A death panel Palin is right to fear
Smart Planet, December 10, 2009
A firm called People Operating Technology has released an iPhone app called Death Panel. It’s free and said by its makers to be “100% non-political, non-partisan” incorporating “third-party facts.” But this is still a Death Panel Sarah Palin has reason to fear.
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iPhone Users Get U.S. Health Care Education via New Game
Softpedia, December 10, 2009
iPhone users in the United States who would like to educate themselves in the U.S. health care industry ca do so in a fun and attractive way from now on, through a new game from People Operating Technology, namely Death Panel. The new title is available for free for those using either an Apple iPhone or an iPod Touch, the company says.
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U.S. Health Care Reform Subject of iPhone App
Game Politics, December 10, 2009
People Operating Technology has launched the free iPhone & iPod Touch application Death Panel in the Apple Store. Promised to be “100% non-political,” the app’s quiz questions and facts are fed by data collected from the White House website, StateHealthFacts.org, the NCHC.org, and FactCheck.org. -
Macsimum News, December 10, 2009
In the weeks since the House passed H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, claims, figures, and statistics have been passed off as facts or lies depending on who you ask, as people struggle to educate themselves on the U.S. health care industry. Now, iPhone users can gauge their knowledge of health care reform with the launch of Death Panel, a free iPhone and iPod touch game from People Operating Technology. The game is purportedly non-political, non-partisan and incorporates third-party facts into game play via a quiz-like interface.
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Wildfire Fighter for iPhone Makes It As a Top 25 Simulation Game Title
IGN, December 4, 2009
In the short time since its release, People Operating Technology's Wildfire Fighter has been burning up the charts in the AppStore. Already in the top 25 in simulation, top 50 in strategy, and top 200 in all games, Wildfire Fighter has climbed the rankings and doubled its daily downloads thanks in part to TapJoy's iPhone application community.