New reporting by Nielsen provides context on smartphone buying habits important for enterprise technologists to understand. According to Nielsen, two thirds of mobile buyers are now buying smartphones, and Android is dominating this smartphone market. 51.8% of smartphone owners are using an Android OS handset. Just over a third (34%) of smartphone owners use anRead… Read more »
In early June the San Francisco AIDS Foundation (SFAF) launched “Many Shades of Gay”, a cross-media prevention campaign with global creative agency ATTIK to encourage gay and bi-sexual men to get tested for HIV. The campaign orbits around a website – www.manyshadesofgay.org – where “visitors can create and share their own unique avatar to showRead… Read more »
Sometimes the best thing you can share is real life advice you’ve given someone. What follows is an email [almost verbatim] I sent to someone who asked me about the blurring line between professional and personal lives online (emphasis added): My first impression is that this [person] is doing something awesome [online]; and that IRead… Read more »
The Virginia Center For Innovative Technology (CIT) made an announcement today I would like to share with you. It is more proof of great innovation across the commonwealth. Congratulations to all awardees. We all look forward to tracking your progress. Today’s press release is below: CIT ANNOUNCES 2nd ROUND AWARDS OF THE FY2012 COMMONWEALTH RESEARCHRead… Read more »
I’ve been working away in my (copious) spare time to update the list of Australian government Twitter accounts – representing all levels of government. It has now reached 553 accounts – which has also forced me to start a new Twitter list due to their 500 follower limit. You can view the spreadsheet embedded below,Read… Read more »
“I still remember the moment you told me you’d found Adopt-a-Hydrant on our Github account, Forest. I was so impressed, so excited, and so happy. It was like a dream coming true.” — Jennifer Pahlka to Forest Frizzell (Deputy Director of IT, City and County of Honolulu) “The moment” Jen refers to happened at theRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General reported that some Customs and Border Protection critical information technology systems are prone to periodic outages. More here. The Department of Defense released a four step cloud strategy that appoints the Defense Information Systems Agencyto oversee all cloud purchases.Read… Read more »
Last week I received the following email: Dear Hashable Users, We regret to inform you that the Hashable mobile apps and Hashable.com will be shutting down on July 25th. The service will be unavailable after this date. While we are still very passionate about making better connections and meeting new people, the time has comeRead… Read more »
Today, I was reading an article over on the Microsoft Government Blog about apps built exclusively for Microsoft Phone 7. The blog was written by Parul Bhandari, Government Industry Solutions Lead, Worldwide Public Sector. I thought it was an interesting look at some of the apps built for Microsoft mobile devices, and also a lookRead… Read more »
Below is a extended blog post that summarizes the keynote address I gave at the World Bank/Data.gov International Open Government Data Conference in Washington DC on Wednesday July 11th. Yesterday, after spending the day at the International Open Government Data Conference at the World Bank (and co-hosted by data.gov) I left both upbeat and concerned.Read… Read more »