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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 [...]
556 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 [...]
317 views | No commentsFeb 11th, 2013 | Filed under Case Study, Events, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
U.S. National Guard News App
To provide news anytime, anywhere, the U.S. National Guard released the U.S. National Guard News app. Read the latest articles, view the newest pictures, and watch the latest Minuteman videos direct from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. Plus, you can share the latest Guard member news with your friends via email, Twitter, Facebook and more. [...]
467 views | No commentsFeb 7th, 2013 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources, 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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mPing & Mobile Weather Data
The National Severe Storms Laboratory mobilized their “Precipitation Identification Near the Ground” project (PING) so you can help them collect weather data anytime, anywhere. Are snowflakes fallin’ on your head? Are you getting pinged by hail? Tell us where you are and what is hitting the ground. NSSL scientists will compare your report with what the radar has [...]
548 views | Comments OffJan 31st, 2013 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Resources -
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 -
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 [...]
861 views | Comments OffJan 28th, 2013 | Filed under Events, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
Pointe du Hoc Battle Site Mobile App
The Pointe du Hoc mobile app serves as a tour guide and learning tool for this World War II D-Day landing site in France. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) developed both Android and iPhone versions, which take advantage of your smartphone’s GPS features to provide a walking tour of the battle site in Normandy and [...]
427 views | Comments OffJan 24th, 2013 | Filed under Events, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy