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Mobile Websites in Government? and a Poll

Chris — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:09:29 +0000

Mashable posted last week about a new study on the prevalence of the mobile web and its future:

Morgan Stanley’s analysts believe that, based on the current rate of change and adoption, the mobile web will be bigger than desktop Internet use by 2015.

So my thoughts to all of the public administrators out there: have you ever viewed your government/agency/organizations website on your BlackBerry? iPhone? iPod Touch or iPad? Android phone?

Give us an answer below, and we would love to see some discussion in the comments below.

BART Using FourSquare for Social Networking

Chris — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:18:06 +0000

Governing has another great article on web 2.0 in government, about the pursuit of “the next big thing”. They interview the web team of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) on working with FourSquare (a location-based social network)

White House in the iPhone App Store

Chris — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:12:15 +0000

Last night the White House announced the availability of a new White House iPhone/iPod Touch app (see coverage on TechCrunch). The App is even going to stream live the President’s State of the Union Address. More on teh features:

The application comes packed with content, including the latest news items, videos, photos and blog posts from The White House. One feature that stands out is live video streaming, which enables iPhone and iPod Touch owners to watch the President’s public events at the White House as well as other events like key speeches and press briefings in real-time.

The White House also announced that they will soon have a mobile site available at http://mobile.whitehouse.gov.

Newmark Link about Gov 2.0

Chris — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:15:55 +0000

Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist, links to a great CNN article about mobile apps and gov 2.0.

Better Emergency Communication Tools

Chris — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:35:01 +0000

Emergency tools going high tech at a “very reasonable cost”.

iPhone App for Mobile City Hall

Chris — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:11:20 +0000

iPhone app ‘Mobile City Hall’ ready for residents to use.

Post Office Mobile Site

Chris — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:37:27 +0000

In one of the most convenient moves in postal history, the United States Postal Service recently debuted a mobile site. You can find a post office when you are out and about! This are the kinds of small advancements that benefits citizens and your everyday users. Plus, you get all kinds of attention. The mobile web is growing everyday, use it to your advantage.