When laptops first replaced desktops as the new, go-to digital device, being glued to your cubicle or home office while checking email suddenly became a thing of the past. Now that the number of people owning smartphones has rapidly increased and shows no signs of slowing down, we’re redefining what it means to be trulyRead… Read more »
In the mobile consumer and perhaps even the enterprise world, there is no doubt that software-as-a-service (SaaS) is here to stay. On a daily basis, there are new and wonderful SaaS products and providers popping up with the likes of the 500 pound guerrillas such as Google,Microsoft and Facebook; everyone is looking to get inRead… Read more »
April 8th, 2014, will mark the end of an era, and, for some, the beginning of something new. On this date, Microsoft will be ending its support of Windows XP, as well as Office 2003. This is a scheduled termination, and it means that businesses using XP will need to migrate to a modern, fully-supportedRead… Read more »
In our own celebration of Independence Day, we decided that we should focus on Social Media Best Practices. After reading the title, you have to wonder who we are going to use to exemplify best practices in Social Media. After much deliberation, we picked Utah.Gov. Here is why: http://wp.me/p1v9sa-cH
Last week’s @GovLoop round table conversation on Reimagining Customer Service in Government highlighted all of the unique and [in some cases] extreme things President Obama’s Executive Order mandated our government agencies to do in the name of customer service. The catch? No $$. So Moderator and INSIDER Chris Dorobek asked: how did the @GovLoop groupRead… Read more »
Is mobile changing us? The rapid adoption of cell phones and, especially, the spread of internet-connected smartphones are changing people’s communications with others and their relationships with information. Users’ ability to access data immediately through apps and web browsers and through contact with their social networks is creating a new culture of real-time information seekersRead… Read more »
The Mobile Platform Development Webinar Series will continue with Apple iOS on Wednesday at 2 p.m. EST. Before the session, we wanted to share some highlights from the first two sessions presented by Research in Motion(RIM)/Blackberry and Windows Phone. The series was developed to help government agencies learn how to deliver government content–information, data and services–anytime, anywhere and onRead… Read more »
Data has surpassed voice traffic on mobile phones. But how much data is being consumed? According to Cisco’s Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update Global mobile data traffic grew 2.3-fold in 2011, more than doubling for the fourth year in a row. In 2011, Mobile data traffic was eight times the size of the entireRead… Read more »
Very excited about Thursday’s Wikithon, which will be right on The Mall at the National Museum of American History. Details WHAT: “Ruby Slippers” WikithonWHEN: Thursday, April 26TIME: 3-5 pm EDTWHERE: National Museum of American History in the Constitution Cafe, in Washington D.C. Enter on 14th and Constitution Ave, NW. We’ll be working on fleshing outRead… Read more »
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