Dutch Senate adopts iPads.

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Dutch senators have ditched paper documents for a new Senate app specifically designed for Apple iPads, according to Reuters, making the Dutch Senate the first in Europe to distribute digital documents through a tablet computer.

"We have had enormous piles of paper couriered to our houses every week, thick envelopes with planning and committee meeting documents, but now from 6 p.m. every Friday you just open the Senate app and find all the documents for the next week," said Secretary General of the Senate Geert Jan Hamilton.

The Senate app can be used to access and manage information, including calendars, legislative bills, parliamentary correspondence, and meeting documents.

Creating the Senate app and buying the [Pads...