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Digital Government
BlackBerry PlayBook is a good subject, but is it a good tablet?
The early word: People like enterprise features, but consumer-oriented folks think it's a train wreck.
Digital Government
Tablet analysis: iPad to dominate for years. Or will it?
Gartner predicts that Apple's iPad will dominate the tablet market through 2015, but beware of other factors.
Digital Government
Free BlackBerry app can take the craziness out of conference calls
App of the Week: Research in Motion attempts to make mobile conference calling easier with a new app available in the BlackBerry Beta Zone.
Digital Government
Treasury gets new CIO
The Treasury Department has named its new CIO, who takes over duties from acting CIO Diane Litman and becomes the permanent replacement for Mike Duffy.
Digital Government
A bad sign for Android? Motorola building its own mobile OS.
Why would Moto turn against Google and Android? Motorola seems to have a variety of reasons.
Digital Government
Are 'consumptive' tablets like the iPad just a fad?
A Microsoft exec basically called iPads a fad last week, saying there might not be "a persistent market" for "consumptive" tablets. The Mobile Platform asks: Is there really any such thing as a consumptive tablet?
Digital Government
U.S. helps develop 'panic button' for pro-democracy rebels
The App of the Week goes to a project by the United States to give pro-democracy rebels around the world a way to remotely wipe their phones and alert conspirators in case a device is confiscated.
Digital Government
Feds keen on mobile devices and social apps, but some cling to the old ways
Breaking down the mobile and social trends in government reported from a survey done by Market Connections.
Digital Government
At GovSec 2011, mobile command vehicles mix with social engineering
Some highlights from Day 2 of GovSec 2011 conference at the Washington Convention Center in downtown D.C.
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Moofwd's mashups create enterprise apps
CTIA App(-maker) of the Day: Moofwd, which mashes up enterprise data through existing IT architecture to create mobile applications for any ecosystem.
Digital Government
A hands-on look at how the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 works
Mobile Platform spent some time with the Galaxy Tab at CTIA, taking videos of the offical demonstration and a user demonstration.
