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TVA Lake Info App
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Lake Info App allows users to get maps, recreational and other information about lakes in the TVA region. In addition to providing electricity to seven states, the TVA provides flood control, navigation and land management for the Tennessee River system. The App, which is available in the iPhone and Android platforms, allows users [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: Smartphone Choices
Smartphone adoption continues to grow. Last month’s Nielsen Mobile Insights survey found While 43 percent of all mobile subscribers in the US had a smartphone as of August, 56 percent of those who got a new device in the last 3 months chose a smartphone over a feature phone. And Android is taking a bigger [...]
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FCC Mobile Broadband Test
The Federal Communications Commission developed the FCC Mobile Broadband Test App so people can measure the quality and speed of their mobile data connection. Specifically: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Broadband Test application provides consumers with information about the quality and speed of their mobile data connection. Test the upload speed, download speed, and latency [...]
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EPA’s Apps for the Environment Challenge
Federal agencies have sought mobile product partnerships outside of their agency in multiple ways. One way to seek new partnerships is to challenge developers to build smartphone apps and other mobile products via Challenge.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency closed its “Apps for the Environment” challenge this week and recieved 38 app entries. EPA put this [...]
1,338 views | 2 commentsSep 21st, 2011 | Filed under Challenges, Gov News -
Trends on Tuesday: Text vs. Voice
Mobile is not just apps and websites, it includes SMS or text messaging. Here’s some new text use data from Pew Internet & American Life. Some 83% of American adults own cell phones and three-quarters of them (73%) send and receive text messages.–Pew How do mobile phone users prefer to be contacted? While most people prefer [...]
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Veteran’s Affairs Mobile
Military veteran’s and their families can locate facilities and find other information with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs mobile website. The VA has created the website so their audience can complete popular tasks on the go. Specifically: Services and information for veterans and dependents, including facility locations, information for returning service members, suicide prevention, benefits, [...]
1,207 views | Comments OffSep 15th, 2011 | Filed under Case Study, Gov News, Making Mobile Gov, Mobile Gov Products, Mobile Strategy -
Making Mobile Gov Dialogue: Data
We’re data-minded today because a) data is very important for mobile product development and b) we presented at a DC Tech Meetup earlier this week and asked mobile developers to consider leveraging government data from places like Data.gov to build mobile products and develop business models. We’ve highlighted some of the talk going on about [...]
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Trends On Tuesday: Most Internet Access Via Mobile by 2015
New predictions released by International Data Corporation (IDC). By 2015, more U.S. Internet users will access the Internet through mobile devices than through PCs or other wireline devices. As smartphones begin to outsell simpler feature phones, and as media tablet sales explode, the number of mobile Internet users will grow by a compound annual growth [...]
1,692 views | 1 commentSep 13th, 2011 | Filed under Industry News, Trends