Photos: Now even Gordon Brown has his own iPhone app

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Number 10 app puts all the PM's updates in one place

In a speech on Britain's digital future earlier this week, the Prime Minister announced superfast broadband for every UK home and established a semantic web development centre with funding of £30m.

Gordon Brown also used the speech to unveil that Downing Street is making its debut in Apple's App store, with the launch of a Number 10 iPhone app.

The free app brings together the PM's digital updates, according to Number 10, as well as news, speeches and briefings from Downing Street.

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Published: March 24, 2010 -- 14:39 GMT (07:39 PDT)
Caption by: Jo Best
Users can get access to the Prime Minister's videos on YouTube through the app.

According to the PM, the Number 10 channel has notched up more than 4.3 million video views.

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Published: March 24, 2010 -- 14:39 GMT (07:39 PDT)
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The app will also feature the Number 10 Twitter feed, which currently has around 1.7 million followers and has made more than 400 tweets to date.

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Published: March 24, 2010 -- 14:39 GMT (07:39 PDT)
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With more than two million views of Downing Street's images on Flickr, Number 10's photography will appear on the app in the form of this gallery.

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Published: March 24, 2010 -- 14:39 GMT (07:39 PDT)
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The Prime Minister's weekly podcasts are available through the app.

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Published: March 24, 2010 -- 14:39 GMT (07:39 PDT)
Caption by: Jo Best