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Trends on Tuesday: Phone a Friend
More than half of adult cellphone owners used their phones in stores this holiday season while deciding what to buy, according to new research released by Pew Internet. They called friends for advice, looked up product reviews and even comparison shopped–sometimes skipping the in-store purchase and buying online. While these purchasing trends are not exactly [...]
963 views | Comments OffJan 31st, 2012 | Filed under Mobile Strategy, Research -
FAA Mobile
FAA Mobile is an easy-to-use mobile website that provides quick access to popular FAA.gov tasks for aviation enthusiasts on-the-go. The Federal Aviation Administration developed the mobile website because they noticed an increase in mobile traffic to their website. FAA Mobile works on a number of devices. Users can look up airport status and delays, read [...]
1,417 views | 1 commentJan 26th, 2012 | Filed under Gov News, Industry News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy -
“Bring a Friend” Mobile Gov Wikithon!
Bring one, bring all! Bring a colleague to our “Bring a Friend” Wikithon next week on Tues., Jan 31, 2010. We will be holding this wikithon in two locations–D.C. and Maryland! Wikithons are gatherings of Mobile Gov professionals to create and develop content for the Mobile Gov Wiki. All attendees who bring friends will receive [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: Who’s Got a Tablet?
New mobile form factor, tablets, surged over the holidays. According to Pew Internet and American Life project, The share of adults in the United States who own tablet computers nearly doubled from 10% to 19% between mid-December and early January and the same surge in growth also applied to e-book readers, which also jumped from [...]
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Weigh In On Federal Mobility Strategy
In case you missed it, there is a Federal Mobility Strategy in the works. From Federal CIO, Steve Van Roekel [T]here is more we can do to seize the mobile opportunity, and we need to be bold in doing it. We need to address the massive variations in the way we pay for mobile services [...]
1,668 views | 2 commentsJan 20th, 2012 | Filed under Gov News, Mobile StrategyTags: API, apps, best practices, data, devices, industry, innovation, mobile discussion, mobile gov, mobile use, mobilegov, privacy, security, strategy -
Leafsnap App
The Leafsnap app allows a user to identify a species of tree just by submitting a photograph of a tree’s leaf. The app utilizes visual recognition software and was developed via partnership between the Smithsonian Institution and researchers from Columbia University and the University of Maryland. Leafsnap, available for the iPhone and the iPad, uses databases for the Northeastern United [...]
1,163 views | 2 commentsJan 19th, 2012 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy -
Trends on Tuesday: Adieu Feature Phone?
The annual gadget juggernaut, the Consumer Electronics Show, wound down last week. Missing from the aisles of shiny new toys? Feature phones. In years past, handset makers such as LG, Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung would have unveiled dozens of “regular” cell phones. Not so. In fact, there were hardly any feature phones announced at CES [...]
1,561 views | 1 commentJan 17th, 2012 | Filed under Industry News, Trends -
Library of Congress – Virtual Tour App
The Library of Congress – Virtual Tour App allows users to get a tour of the Library of Congress at anytime and from anywhere. The app, available for the iPhone, gives users access to hundreds of pictures of the Library including pictures of the main reading room or its collection on important documents which founded [...]
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