See something, tag something: Crime-reporting app uses images, GPS

West Virginia has released a smart-phone app that lets users take pictures of suspicious activity, add a GPS tag and text, and send it to the state's fusion center anonymously.

5 reasons you'll have a personal cloud by 2014

With the spread of mobile devices and apps, the personal cloud will replace the personal computer at the center of users' digital lives, according to a report from Gartner.

Nervous when out of cell range? You may have nomophobia.

As if we didn't have enough to be afraid of, now there's nomophobia – the fear of being out of cell phone contact.

NASA's new trajectory: Angry Birds in space

NASA is going into outer space again, but this time instead of launching a spaceship, it's sending some Angry Birds.

Lost your phone? Assume the worst, study finds

Symantec and Sprint "lost" smart phones in five cities and discovered that finders are likely to snoop through the contents, putting personal and corporate information at risk.

VA beefs up smart-phone pilot program

The VA has expanded its pilot project to provide Washington, D.C.-area clinical personnel with iPhones and iPads.

New Apple tool helps configure, manage iPhones and iPads

The Apple Configurator is designed to help organizations manage large deployments.

3 big differences with Apple's new iPad

It's not called the "iPad 3," but it features some significant upgrades under the hood and on the screen.

Air Force strikes deal for 18,000 iPads

Service wants to use the tablets to replace paper flight manuals and navigation charts.

Industry to Congress: Hands off cybersecurity

A panel of network executives warns legislators that imposing requirements for security could hamper them in efforts to get ahead of the bad guys.

Desktop virtualization: Is the future now?

As smart phones and tablets redefine personal computing, agencies across the United States are giving desktop virtualization a fresh look. Could yours be next?

Microsoft aims for integrated management of mobile technology

Microsoft is trying to merge the flexibility mobile technology gives agencies with the need for management and security, company executives said at the Public Sector CIO Summit in Redmond, Washington.

Topic Resources

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    In this webcast experts will discuss the Big Data challenge facing the federal market space and provide perspective into how Big Data can be contained, leveraged and, in turn, secured and accessed by the mobile device of your choice.

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    Despite sequestration and looming, deeper budget cuts, virtualization remains high on the list of priorities for federal and state and local governments alike, to ease PC manageability, strengthen IT security and lower costs. As agencies strive to grant employees remote access to internal information resources when and where they need it, IT officials warn that while it is ideal for most agencies, it’s important to design and implement it correctly. Register to learn what impact VDI had on the federal end-user’s experience and how it affected the broader management and acquisition strategies of the IT enterprise.

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    The rugged IT market is about to get a wake-up call. For a long time, both buyers and sellers alike accepted the notion that buying rugged IT means giving up a lot of features that come with standard products. But as the general IT market continues to emphasize mobility and smaller device form factors, those lower expectations are bound to be revisited.

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