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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 [...]
547 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 [...]
582 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 -
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 -
57th Presidential Inaugural App
The 57th Presidential Inaugural Committee has developed a mobile app for this year’s inauguration. The app is available on both the iOS and Android platforms for people attending inaugural events in Washington, those who want to participate in the National Day of Service anywhere in the US, and anybody, anywhere who wants to tap into [...]
921 views | Comments OffJan 17th, 2013 | Filed under Case Study, Events, Industry News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy, Resources -
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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Flu Season Mobile Products
With flu season hitting hard, today we are highlighting government apps built with maintaining the user’s health in mind. CDC FluView App- tracks Influenza-Like Illness Activity around the country so you can monitor outbreaks in your locality CDC Mobile App and CDC Mobile Web feature important health articles, disease of the week, timely updates and [...]
1,853 views | 1 commentJan 10th, 2013 | Filed under Case Study, Challenges, Events, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy