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Mobile Gov for Valentine’s Day!
Need a last minute Valentine’s Day gift idea? We’ve put together some last minute anytime, anywhere government Valentine’s ideas for your special someone. Need a card? Send a Valentine’s greeting and a handy health tip (like the one pictured) with CDC’s Mobile Health e-card App! Want to dazzle, but your bank account’s not cooperating? Introduce them to some to the [...]
515 views | No commentsFeb 14th, 2013 | Filed under Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
You’ll Have Them at Swipe: Making An Awesome Mobile User Experience Webinar
Learn how to create amazing and engaging Mobile Gov User Experiences during our webinar on Wednesday, February 27 at 1 p.m. EST! Anytime, anywhere government will be used in numerous contexts and requires developers to think about more than just content, security and privacy during implementation. In fact, Smashing magazine has listed 12 elements to consider [...]
312 views | No commentsFeb 11th, 2013 | Filed under Case Study, Events, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
Mobile Gov & the Digital Government Strategy Wikithon
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 [...]
859 views | Comments OffJan 28th, 2013 | Filed under Events, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
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 [...]
877 views | 1 commentJan 3rd, 2013 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Industry 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) [...]
2,349 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 -
Presidential Documents Mobile Web App
The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register (OFR) have released the Presidential Documents Mobile Web app which tracks the public activities of the President of the United States. The app has user-friendly search capabilities allowing users to access content about the President by searching by date, category, [...]
553 views | Comments OffNov 15th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
Trends on Tuesday: Smartphone Ownership
Comscore just released data that shows the majority of people in the U.S. who own mobile devices, own smartphones. As of the last day of September, 234 million Americans used mobile devices. For the three month average period ending September 2012, 119.3 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones. That amounts to 51.0 percent of [...]
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The Mobile Gov Wikithon Turns One!
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 [...]
331 views | Comments OffOct 22nd, 2012 | Filed under Events, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources