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CES 2012: What feds need to know

Feds use electronics trade show to promote mobile strategy, universal broadband and anti-piracy legislation.

  • By Heather Kuldell

Army explores e-textbook possibilities

The Army begins research for platform-agnostic e-textbooks.

  • By FCW Staff

Are Kindle and Nook tablets destined for agencies?

New offerings from Amazon and Barnes and Noble ramp up the power of popular e-readers. What does it mean for agencies?

  • By Michael Hardy

Army expanding, experimenting with tablets

The Army is building on the popularity of smart phones in the field with further testing and expansion of the use of tablets for a range of applications.

  • By Amber Corrin

Mobile computing: The sky's the limit, but the leash is short

FCW cartoonist John Klossner offers his take on the federal mobile IT policies.

Lessons for the enterprise from HP's tablet adventure

Hewlett-Packard's exit from the tablet computer market proves instructive for agency IT managers pondering their next mobile computing move.

  • By John Zyskowski

Why HP's withdrawal from tablet market should tick you off

Hewlett-Packard's unfortunate decisions caused the death-on-arrival of a tablet that could have been a great enterprise tool, says John Breeden, director of the GCN Lab.

  • By John Breeden II

The perils of a mobile-first IT strategy

Many FCW readers are not keen on the idea of mobile devices replacing their old-fashioned desktop computers.

  • By John Stein Monroe

Smithsonian advances the art of the app

The Smithsonian has an unusual challenge in creating smart-phone apps.

  • By Michael Hardy

Why the iPad changes the rules

Federal executives reveal their favorite, most effective ways to use Apple's popular tablet computer.

  • By FCW Staff

8 agency-ready tablets

Government Computer News writes the book on tablet PCs.

  • By FCW Staff

VA, DOD create mobile app for PTSD treatment, support

The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments have released a new mobile application designed to help veterans and service members suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

Would shutdown cut the digital tether?

If the government shuts down, employees must surrender their government-issued hardware.

  • By FCW Staff

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.

  • By Dan Rowinski
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Recovery.gov starts first mobile apps

The federal agency that oversees Recovery.gov has started mobile applications so users can identify economic stimulus law spending.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

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.

  • By Dan Rowinski

Galaxy Tabs introduce device-level encryption to Android devices

CTIA Device of the Day: Galaxy Tabs feature device-level encryption, a first for any Android device, and Samsung, unlike Apple, had the enterprise in mind when developing its tablets.

  • By Dan Rowinski

BlackBerry PlayBook in action: Some hands-on video time

Mobile Platform ran into BlackBerry reps at CTIA Wireless and forced them to give us some hands-on video time.

  • By Dan Rowinski

Mobile computing's future takes center stage at CTIA

CTIA Wireless 2011 kicks off with a panel hosted by Jim Cramer of 'Mad Money' and featuring Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse, Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead and AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega.

  • By Dan Rowinski

New mobile device policy planned for DOD

New DOD rules for secure mobile technology use is in the works, one official says.

  • By Amber Corrin

App of the week: The Qik way to share video from iPhones

Skype is cooking up new solutions for video calls between iOS and Android devices by leveraging Qik, a live video streaming company it acquired in January.

  • By Dan Rowinski