The annual gadget juggernaut, the Consumer Electronics Show, wound down last week. Missing from the aisles of shiny new toys? Feature phones. In years past, handset makers such as LG, Motorola, Nokia, and Samsung would have unveiled dozens of “regular” cell phones. Not so. In fact, there were hardly any feature phones announced at CES [...]

The National Library of Medicine developed an app catered to emergency responders. WISER or the Wireless Information Systems for Emergency Responders app is designed to assist first responder users in hazardous material incidents. First responders need to make decisions quickly in dangerous situations and they need accurate information to make these decisions. With the WISER app, users will gain quick [...]

When agency folks gather together to talk about mobile gov, the number one question asked is, “Should we do a mobile app or a mobile web site?” To help people with that question, we’re going to become fight promoters and sponsor THE BATTLE OF THE CENTURY!! Mobile Web Vs. Mobile Apps We will have two [...]

The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project has released another great new report, “Americans and Their Cell Phones.” Comparing data from one year ago, people continue to use their cellphones beyond talking. Source: The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, April 26 – May 22, 2011 Spring Tracking Survey. n=2,277 adult [...]

Here is a list of all the exciting mobile applications that were presented today at the FOSE convention. Today’s Doc-iPhone App brought to you by the National Archives and Records Administration USA.gov from General Services Administration Science 360 for iPad created by National Science Foundation Library of Congress Virtual Tour from the Library of Congress [...]

Stay healthy this summer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s My Food-a-Pedia mobile website. The USDA developed this great tool to help people find information on the foods they’re eating. Using this tool, users are able to look up nutritional information on over 1,000 foods, and compare them to one another to make healthy decisions. [...]

Well, for starters, there’s over 130 years of popular baby name data. The Social Security Administration has taken all of it’s baby name data (over 45,000 unique names) and created “Baby Name Playroom.” This is an iPhone app where you can find yourself spending some serious time. You can check out your name’s placement over [...]