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Mobile Commons Nominated for Two Global Mobile Awards

Mobile Commons has been nominated for two Global Mobile Awards! The Global Mobile Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in the mobile communications industry, and companies from around the world enter. Our healthcare product, Mobile Commons for Health, was nominated for Best Mobile Health Product or Service. The category celebrates those companies that [...]

View the Live Feed of City & State’s RealPolitech Event Now!

Today, City & State is hosting RealPolitch, a forum to discuss how technology is affecting government policy and news media in New York. According to the website, City & State’s #RealPolitech forum (a play on RealPolitik) will inform and encourage practical and material uses of technology in government, campaigns, media, and the industries that operate [...]

Crain’s Features Mobile Commons on The Election and Sandy

Crain’s New York has a great feature on how Hurricane Sandy and the election gave Mobile Commons our biggest week ever. In an article entitled, “Text-messaging firm gets busy,” Crain’s describes how the concurrent events created a variety of vital public needs: The four-year-old Dumbo-based tech company, which runs text-messaging campaigns for businesses, nonprofits and [...]

Help Your Loved Ones Unite 2 Quit as part of the Great American Smokeout

Today marks the 37th Great American Smokeout, a day when cancer prevention institutes encourage smokers to quit, or to make plans to quit, even if just for a single day. As part of that effort, the National Cancer Institute is asking smokers and their loved ones to “Unite 2 Quit”. Tens of millions of smokers nationwide want to [...]

American Journal of Public Health Shows How Mobile Health Campaigns Can Reach Underserved Populations

An article in the American Journal of Public Health documents how mobile health campaigns can reach undeserved populations with vital healthcare information. The article chronicles the development and execution of Text4Baby, a text initiative that provides pregnant and new mothers with nutrition and care information to help the development and birth of their children. In [...]

Occupy SMS Connects Families in Need with On-the-Ground Volunteers

One of the most inspiring sites following Sandy’s devastation has been the thousands of people volunteering in the cleanup. In the wake of the storm’s destruction, New Yorkers are coming together to help their communities recover. But there’s still a lot more work to be done. And it can be a challenge to match volunteers [...]

Obama Campaign, Governor Christie and Mayor Bloomberg Get Their Message to the Right People, when it Matters Most

When it’s vitally important that their message gets heard, major national institutions turn to Mobile Commons. Over the past week, our country has seen two historic events – the Northeast being battered by the Atlantic’s largest storm in history, and Obama’s reelection as president of the United States. For both the Obama reelection team, and [...]

Mobile Commons Provides Polling Place Locator in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy – A Press Roundup

Over the past week, Mobile Commons has worked with New York and New Jersey officials to be sure that all their citizens know where to vote. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, many polling places throughout both states had to be moved. That meant that many citizens weren’t sure where to go vote – an [...]

Governor Christie Asks New Jerseyites to Text WHERE To 877877 to Find Their Polling Place

As New Jersey works to rebuild and assess the billions of dollars of damages from Hurricane Sandy, citizens are faced with another problem: where should they vote in Tuesday’s election? Much of the state’s infrastructure has been damaged. That means many traditional polling places may no longer be operating. To get the most reliable information, [...]

Text Messaging Helping NJ Voters Get to Polls in Aftermath of Storm: Text WHERE to 877-877

Text Messaging Helping NJ Voters Get to Polls In Aftermath of Storm Text WHERE To 877-877; Mobile Commons Provides Polling Place Locator to State of New Jersey Voters in storm-ravaged New Jersey will be helped to polling places – some of which have been moved due to the storm – by a text message polling place [...]

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