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Trends on Tuesdays: What the Developers are Saying About Native Platforms
Vision Mobile regularly surveys developers on mobile development trends. The infographic shows developers’ opinions of programming in Android and iOS respectively. Here are some other key findings. According to the report, which is sponsored by AT&T, Mozilla, and Nokia, 72% of developers are now developing for the Android platform, a 4 percentage point increase compared [...]
317 views | No commentsFeb 12th, 2013 | Filed under Case Study, Challenges, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Strategy, Research, Trends -
Trends on Tuesday: Tablets Taking a Bite Out of PCs
Gigaom recently compared data from IDC on fourth quarter PC tablet and PC sales and found IDC estimates that 52.5 million tablets shipped in the final quarter of 2012. That compares to 89.8 million personal computers shipped during the same quarter… For tablets that’s more than half the number of PCs. Gigaom says this is based on [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: Smartphone Growth Hits its Peak?
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 [...]
583 views | Comments OffJan 29th, 2013 | Filed under Gov News, Industry News, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Research, Trends -
Trends on Tuesday: Mobile Search Increases
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 [...]
440 views | Comments OffJan 22nd, 2013 | Filed under Industry News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Strategy, Research, Resources, Trends -
Trends on Tuesday: Text Messaging Still Viable Communication Tool
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 [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: Mobile & Tablet Usage Location
This infographic, posted on Pinterest by research group McKinsey and Company, contrasts the differences between the locations where tablet and smartphone users say they conduct various activities on their devices. A quick glance shows that smartphone user activities are conducted predominately on the go while tablet user activities are conducted mostly at home. While more [...]
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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) [...]
2,352 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 [...]
1,302 views | Comments OffDec 20th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Research, Resources