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NASA’s Astro Apps
In the universe of NASA apps, the agency has two “Astro Apps” that allow users to learn about these programs, missions, their astronauts and to know what it’s like to work on space shuttle and space station crews. Both apps are available on the iOS platform. NASA describes the Astro App: Space Station Crew Did you [...]
895 views | 1 commentJan 3rd, 2013 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Industry News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
FBI.gov Mobile
The Federal Bureau of Investigation created a mobile website to allow users to access pertinent crime information from anytime and anywhere. Accessible via any mobile platform, the FBI mobile website includes: Navigation menus that open with a single click; An easy-to-use search bar; A rotating slider with the latest news; and Easily scrollable lists of [...]
1,500 views | 1 commentDec 27th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
Mobile Gov Resources for 2013!
With mobile use growing exponentially and federal agencies implementing customer-facing mobile services for the Digital Government Strategy, we decided to put together a Mobile Gov resource “cheat sheet” with concepts and information we think will be helpful for agencies implementing Mobile Gov in 2013. Here’s what Mobile Gov implementers need to know! APIs Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) [...]
2,377 views | Comments OffDec 21st, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Research, ResourcesTags: AIDS.gov, APIs, apps, DHS, DOL, GSA, HHS, IRS, mobile first, mobile gov, mobile web, native apps, NIH, open content, TSA, USDA, web apps -
Norad Tracks Santa App
To reach more families interested in tracking Santa Claus on their mobile device, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) expanded their holiday tradition this year by creating NORAD Track Santa Apps for Windows Phone and Windows 8. NORAD Track Santa Apps for iOS and Android are also available. These apps allow users to play games like [...]
1,310 views | Comments OffDec 20th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Research, Resources -
Trends on Tuesday: 2012 Mobile Year in Review
The “Mobile Year in Review” video, courtesy of Mobile Future, rapidly documents the evolution of mobile in 2012. Some highlights include: Mobile data usage literally DOUBLED in 2012. OVER 50 PERCENT of all mobile data was video, and consumers watched 9.3 BILLION mobile videos in the U.S. alone MORE THAN HALF of AMERICANS now own smartphones, and there are MORE THAN 1 [...]
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HUD Fair Market Rents & Income Limits Lookup App
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released an application that allows users to look up housing Fair Market Rents (FMRs) & Income Limits from anytime and anywhere. The HUD PD&R FMR/IL Lookup application is only currently available on the Android platform. Here’s more from HUD about the data users can access on the application and [...]
1,190 views | Comments OffDec 13th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Challenges, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
Mobile User Experience Guidelines and Recommendations Wikithon 12/18/12
We will be hosting our next (and last of 2012) Mobile Gov Wikithon on Tuesday, December 18 at 2p.m. in downtown D.C. This wikithon will be a continuation of the mobile user experience expertise we started to build during our Mobile User Experience Guidelines and Recommendations Workshop in November. We’ll also be doing our regularly scheduled wikithon programing like creating [...]
564 views | Comments OffDec 12th, 2012 | Filed under Events, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
Trends on Tuesday: Mobile App vs. Mobile TV Consumption
According to Big Data/App Services company Flurry and illustrated by their chart posted here, people’s time spent consuming content on mobile apps is starting to chip away at their time spent consuming TV and web content. Specifically: This chart updates Flurry’s analysis comparing time spent in mobile apps on smartphones and tablets to time spent on [...]
580 views | Comments OffTags: apps, data, Dept of Labor, mobile gov, mobile products, native apps, trends on tuesday, TV, web apps