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Trends on Tuesday: Mobile Year in Review
Checking in at the end of the year with Mobile Future and their fast paced mobile year in review. [youtube width="400" height="300"]aKAIzU90zA8[/youtube] A Few Highlights 8 trillion texts sent this year 103 million wireless tweets posted each day 1 billion Foursquare check-ins over the year 26 photos posted on Instagram every second Here to Help [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: 20 Million Scanned QR Codes
According to Internet marketing research company comScore, 20.1 million mobile phone owners in the U.S. used their device to scan a QR code in October. More from comScore. QR codes are two-dimensional codes that are scanned with a smartphone, connecting individuals to additional online content or information. More on QR codes in the Mobile Gov [...]
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Mobile Web vs. Native Apps [video]
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 [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: Growth of Mobile Traffic
In 2008, 1% of the traffic to Facebook came from mobile devices. Today–three short years later–one in three visitors are coming from a mobile device. Twitter has doubled their mix from mobile in two years. What About .gov? Take a look at your web traffic and see how much is coming from mobile devices. Check [...]
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Making Mobile Gov Wikthon #1 Recap
What do you think would happen when you ask mobile gov innovators to pile into a coffeeshop with their laptops (and tablets) to share their smarts for the good of helping other agencies make gov available to citizens any time and any where? Well, we did just that. In late October, a handful of govies [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: Do People Really Use Smartphones at Church?
Yes, a third of smartphone owners use their devices at church. People are also using them at the dinner table, on dates, and pretty much wherever they are. Source: Tatango SMS Marketing People are no longer tethered to a computer plugged into a wall. Government agencies need to take time to imagine how people on [...]
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Trends on Tuesdays: Location Location Location
28% of cell owners use phones to get directions or recommendations based on their current location—that works out to 23% of all adults according to new research from Pew. The report goes on to talk specifically about smartphone users: Younger adults are more likely to use these [location] services, as are those in households making at [...]
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Making Mobile Gov: Ideas for Apps
We had a huge influx of participation in the Making Mobile Gov dialogue last week. Much of it was in our new “Suggest an App” category. Some app ideas so far include iPassport – get a badge for every national park or monument that you visit. Collect and publish the latitude and longitude coordinates of [...]
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