15% of website views occur on mobile devices, according to a February study conducted by Adobe. 8% of that traffic comes from tablets and 7% of the visits come from smartphones. Adobe says the tablet number is surprising since there is less ownership of tablets than smartphones. Adobe attributes tablets increased Web usage compared to [...]

Vision Mobile regularly surveys developers on mobile development trends. The infographic shows developers’ opinions of programming in Android and iOS respectively. Here are some other key findings. According to the report, which is sponsored by AT&T, Mozilla, and Nokia, 72% of developers are now developing for the Android platform, a 4 percentage point increase compared [...]

With flu season hitting hard, today we are highlighting government apps built with maintaining the user’s health in mind. CDC FluView App- tracks Influenza-Like Illness Activity around the country so you can monitor outbreaks in your locality CDC Mobile App and CDC Mobile Web feature important health articles, disease of the week, timely updates and [...]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation created a mobile website to allow users to access pertinent crime information from anytime and anywhere. Accessible via any mobile platform, the FBI mobile website includes: Navigation menus that open with a single click; An easy-to-use search bar; A rotating slider with the latest news; and Easily scrollable lists of [...]

We will be hosting our next (and last of 2012) Mobile Gov Wikithon on Tuesday, December 18 at 2p.m. in downtown D.C. This wikithon will be a continuation of the mobile user experience expertise we started to build during our Mobile User Experience Guidelines and Recommendations Workshop in November. We’ll also be doing our regularly scheduled wikithon programing like creating [...]

A recent Mediapost blog about mobile news consumption highlighted data from a Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism report. Here are some highlights. According to a detailed survey of news use on mobile devices, half of all U.S. adults now have a mobile connection to the web through either a smartphone or tablet, [...]

One way federal agencies create mobile products is through contests on Challenge.gov. The Department of Treasury recently named winners for it’s MyMoneyAppUp Challenge, which it describes: Earlier this year, Treasury and our partners called on Americans to participate in the nationwide MyMoneyAppUp Challenge by submitting their best mobile app ideas and designs to help consumers make smart [...]

[youtube width="450" height="400"] lTYZTwWKaNI [/youtube] Federal agency mobile implementation is an important aspect of the Digital Government Strategy, so last week the Mobile Gov team and Digital Gov University partnered for a “Mobile First” Webinar. A “mobile first” approach is where new websites and applications are designed for mobile devices first, instead of designed for the traditional desktop.  Representatives from [...]