28 May 2013 | News

Thailand pilots mobile app for visiting science museum

National Science Museum, Thailand has introduced a beta version of mobile app called ‘IQ@Museums’ to be a self-learning tool for visitors to the museums as well as an administrating tool for the museum officers.

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27 May 2013 | News

Australian school beefs up mobile device environment

Kinross Wolaroi School, Australia today introduced a mobile device initiative and the upgrade of its network infrastructure to improve performance and increase reliability, mobility, and scalability.

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23 May 2013 | News

Women’s access to mobile phones increasing in Afghanistan

As of late 2012, 80 per cent of women in Afghanistan have regular or occasional access to mobile phones, found the Unites States Agency for International Development.

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22 May 2013 | News

New Yorkers get mobile app for bike share programme

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) launched a smartphone application for users of the city’s newest transit option, the Citi Bike Share programme.

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22 May 2013 | News

Canadian City Police launch smartphone app

The Police Service in Hamilton, a port city in the Canadian state Ontario, launched a free smartphone application to promote road safety.

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22 May 2013 | Interview

CHAMPIONING OPENNESS: CITY OF EDMONTON CIO CHRIS MOORE IN INTERVIEW - PART II

City of Edmonton CIO Chris Moore continues on two major recent projects: the Apps4Edmonton challenge — a contest to encourage residents to develop applications using data sets from the Edmonton Open Data Catalogue — and Workspace Edmonton, on enabling telecommuting.

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21 May 2013 | News

US State launches app offering legislative information

The Florida House of Representatives in the United States has launched a smartphone application to keep citizens updated about the legislative happenings in the state.

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20 May 2013 | News

Australian state launches app to locate legal services

The Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General has launched a web-based mobile app to allow residents to access information about the state’s Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations.

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17 May 2013 | News

Google to train students in Indian state

The State Government of Andhra Pradesh has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Google India to train engineering students in the state in latest technologies such as mobile development and cloud computing.

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17 May 2013 | News

US launches app to help people learn and teach English

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has launched a mobile application to help people worldwide access resources for learning English on simple mobile devices.

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