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“Smart Traveler” from The State Department!
Going anywhere this summer? If you are planning on traveling to another country be sure to download the State Department’s “Smart Traveler.” The Department of State has created a mobile product that provides a wide range of information on almost every country in the world in order to enhance travel experiences. The app alerts travelers of warnings [...]
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Making Mobile Gov: Discuss Mobile Budget
Day two of the Making Mobile Gov challenges rollout is about the mobile budget. Mobile projects–like all projects–are subject to available budget. Efforts can be delayed, cut-back or stopped without proper funding. It’s an even bigger challenge since mobile efforts are new and government budget cycles are long. Mobile costs can include data cleanup, mobile [...]
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Making Mobile Gov: Discuss Mobile Strategy
Time to hear from you on Making Mobile Gov. We are kicking off the discussion of challenges to Mobile Gov talking about strategy. Sound strategy is a necessity for agencies to create efficient, innovative, expectation meeting, transparent, citizen-facing mobile products. The agencies we talked to have experienced different challenges–and we want to surface your experiences, [...]
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Making Mobile Gov: Discover The Case for Mobile Gov
Mobile has been called transformative for healthcare, commerce, development, and education. Mobile will be transformative for government, too. The widespread use of mobile devices – studies show that 96% of 18–29-year-olds own a cell phone – signals changing needs and expectations of the public. The federal government must deliver services and information always, anytime, anywhere. [...]
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Check the value of your money anytime with EyeNote!
The Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has developed the Eyenote app which recognizes the denomination of U.S. paper currency and relays it to the user. EyeNote was created for a specific audience and is a perfect aid for anyone who is visually impaired and needs to know the value of [...]
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Making Mobile Gov: Let’s Talk About It
Mobile technology is changing the way people find and use information and services. How does government interact with the public in this anytime, anywhere world? To help answer this question, we’re launching the Making Mobile Gov Project. The idea is to help agencies work together to make a more open, innovative government to meet 21st [...]
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Trends on Tuesday: Smartphone Owners Do More Than Talk
comScore reports in the first quarter of 2011: 80% of smartphone owners–Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Windows Phone 7–used a mobile browser 19% of people with regular cell phones used a mobile browser 85% on the smartphone side used an app Only 16% used an app on their feature phone Overall, comScore estimates 31% of U.S. mobile [...]
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Free Government Apps for Father’s Day!
Want to get Dad the gift that keeps on giving this Father’s Day? Get him some of the many free government mobile products! Whether he’s interested in health info or just something to keep him entertained, we think these free mobile apps will make it a special Father’s Day: Dad can stay healthy with the [...]
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