Have a question about Mobile Gov? Want to help improve Mobile Gov efforts? This Thursday’s Mobile Gov Wikithon from 2-4 in downtown D.C. will offer you the chance to meet Mobile Gov innovators and get tips on mobile product ideation and improvements to your current and future mobile products. Our theme will be the same [...]

comScore released its latest mobile content usage data showing that just over 75% of mobile subscribers text on their mobile devices. In the three month period ending in November, text messaging increased by .3% MobileMarketingWatch notes that apart from actually talking on their phones, mobile subscribers did nothing more frequently with their phones than using them [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have updated “FluView,” their Influenza-Like Illness Activity mobile application for the 2012-2013 influenza season. With this application, you can: Explore Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) Activity Levels across the US View ILI trends over several weeks Get on-demand access to state health department websites for local surveillance information Flu [...]

Twenty years ago this week the first SMS or text message was sent from a computer to a mobile phone.  While agencies have implemented the service successfully, recent trends suggest that the  technology may already be “over the hill.” An independent consultant recently found that the number of messages sent by Americans declined for the [...]