Mobile World Live reports that there were a record 700 million smartphone shipments in 2012. While shipments in 2012 were 43 percent up on the 490.5 million shipped in 2011, the growth was below the 64 percent increase seen in the previous year. Does this mean that smartphone adoption growth has reached its peak? One [...]

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 [...]

USDA’s National Cooperative Soil Survey is an effort of Federal and State agencies, universities, and professional societies to deliver science-based soil information for the entire United States. The SoilWeb app is a portable version of the USDA’s online interface to USDA-NRCS digital soil survey data. The app is available on both the Android and iPhone [...]

The Arlington National Cemetery has developed ANC Explorer, an application that is available across common web browsers and on mobile smart phones (iOS, Blackberry and Google Play). This app enables veterans, family members and the public to explore Arlington’s rich history. Specifically: This first version of ANC Explorer allows users to locate gravesites, events, or [...]

The USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service released the Save Our Citrus iPhone App to allow people to report citrus disease when they see it.  The app is currently only available on the iOS platform. The USDA describes the app as such: The Save Our Citrus app is a free iPhone application from the United [...]

During a mobile event we hosted last week, federal government mobile product implementers were discussing their concerns about mobile user experience awareness. With the rise of mobile products, they have seen a good number of bad user experiences implemented. Think of the last time you visited a mobile website or used an app that was [...]

Come celebrate our first year of successful Mobile Gov Wikithons this Thursday at our First Birthday Mobile Gov Wikithon from 2-4p.m. at the Constitution Cafe in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. More details on attending are located here. We held our first Mobile Gov Wikithon last year on October 26 and 10 wikithons [...]

Last week, Pew released new data on the prevalence of smartphone ownership. The survey data, collected between August 7-September 6, 2012, found that smartphone ownership has increased from 35% in May of 2011 to 45%. Further the study found: More American adults own smartphones than own feature cell phones—that is, the phones that can be [...]