Last week Rimm-Kaufman Group published its new Digital Marketing Report (free download with your email address), which covers the fourth quarter of 2012. They found a staggering increase in the use of mobile search. Specific findings include: Nearly 20% of organic search and direct visits were mobile in Q4. iPad delivered 7.3% of visits, followed [...]

Is mobile changing us? The rapid adoption of cell phones and, especially, the spread of internet-connected smartphones are changing people’s communications with others and their relationships with information. Users’ ability to access data immediately through apps and web browsers and through contact with their social networks is creating a new culture of real-time information seekers [...]

Mobile isn’t just a mini-website. So begins the discussion on a challenge that all agencies have named, finding mobile technical expertise. Mobile devices are small. Their operating systems are new and frequently changing. Federal agencies need to tap pioneering technical experts to create usable and useful mobile solutions for the public. And, we need to [...]

Mobile technology is changing the way people find and use information and services. How does government interact with the public in this anytime, anywhere world? To help answer this question, we’re launching the Making Mobile Gov Project. The idea is to help agencies work together to make a more open, innovative government to meet 21st [...]

Yes, it is YAIG [yet another infographic, they seem to be everywhere!]. It’s a long scroll, but brings together a lot of data about how people are using mobile. Did you know that 200 million videos are viewed on mobile EACH DAY?  And guess who uses mobile social media the most? What surprised you? From [...]

Mobile means any time, any where and that time and place just might be at home, on the couch, in front of the TV. People are searching from their mobile devices while watching TV and even when using a computer. Among survey respondents who use the mobile web at least once a week, 80% said [...]