Announcing the Mobile Platform Development Webinar Series! GSA’s Mobile Gov Program Management Office is working with agencies throughout government to help them deliver government content–information, data and services–anytime, anywhere and on any device. One way to  deliver content to citizens is via applications on mobile devices or native mobile apps. Agencies with mission-related apps need to [...]

Agencies can look at what people are currently doing on mobile to help with their own mobile services investment decisions. comScore released their 2012  Mobile Future in Focus Report with data on popular apps. A few ideas to take away. People like to be entertained. On both platforms games and video watching are popular. People [...]

Last week we had two champions debate the pros and cons of mobile websites versus native apps. Neil Bonner, from the Transportation Security Administration, was our proponent of mobile websites. Mike Pulsifer, Department of Labor, was our firm believer in the value of mobile apps. These gladiators were joined by Dalroy Ward from EPA as [...]

We know mobile information is moving fast, but who knew how fast? Mobile ad exchange company Mobclix crunched through data and found that every 60 seconds 208,333 minutes are played of Angry Birds. 77,244 wi-fi connections are made on iPhones Another 51,937 connections are made via Android. That’s 129,ooo connections a minute over the two [...]

If an app is launched in an app store and nobody knows, does it make a sound? That’s one of the questions up for today’s discussion of the mobile market. While some question whether government should be building apps at all–that this is a function of the private sector–others are wondering where the government apps [...]

New on the apps gallery on USA.GOV: Quit Guide from National Cancer Institute: An iPhone app to help you prepare to quit smoking and support you in the days and weeks after you quit. Recovery.Gov App from the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board provides easy access to the projects funded by the American Recovery and [...]