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) [...]

Believe it or not, there are government apps ready to assist citizens during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend! Here are some common Turkey Day scenarios with the apps that can help. Thanksgiving Travel– If you are traveling by plane, you can check MyTSA developed by the Transportation Security Administration to find airport wait times, items you [...]

Our Mobile Apps Life Cycle webinar for last week had to be postponed due to Hurricane Sandy. We have rescheduled it for this Thursday, November 8th at 11 a.m. Please see further details, including registration link, below. Are you creating a mobile website or app for your agency? On Tuesday, October 30, at 11 a.m. [...]

Business2Community recently released the interesting infographic below with stats from Comscore and other sources regarding how people are integrating mobile into their travel. Highlights from the infographic include: 51% of smartphone owners used their device to access flight or hotel contents (ComScore). Airlines list of mobile-related topics searched by users: prices, schedules and contact details Smartphone usage has almost [...]

According to Internet marketing research company comScore, 20.1 million mobile phone owners in the U.S. used their device to scan a QR code in October. More from comScore. QR codes are two-dimensional codes that are scanned with a smartphone, connecting individuals to additional online content or information.  More on QR codes in the Mobile Gov [...]

Last week we had two champions debate the pros and cons of mobile websites versus native apps. Neil Bonner, from the Transportation Security Administration, was our proponent of mobile websites. Mike Pulsifer, Department of Labor, was our firm believer in the value of mobile apps. These gladiators were joined by Dalroy Ward from EPA as [...]

When agency folks gather together to talk about mobile gov, the number one question asked is, “Should we do a mobile app or a mobile web site?” To help people with that question, we’re going to become fight promoters and sponsor THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY!! Mobile Web Vs. Mobile Apps We will have two [...]

The Transportation Security Agency (TSA) created the My TSA App to put information about airport activity and aircraft travel in the palm of a user’s hand. The app also provides helpful information about what passengers can bring aboard an aircraft. This app is available on the iPhone platform and there is a mobile web version. According to TSA: “My [...]