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City of Boston is going iPhone with a dedicated application called Citizen Connect. The idea here is to allow citizens to quickly file civic complaints by snapping a photo of neighbourhood problems and email them directly to City Hall. Using the built-in GPS receiver, the photo is geotagged making sure the local government knows exactly where problem occurred. Every complaint gets a tracking number, allowing citizens to follow city officials’ progress in addressing the issue.
At the moment, the application is in the testing phase, which involves some 70 people, both City Hall employees and volunteers. It will be offered as a free download at some point in August.
If proves credible, and we hope it will, it would be great to see Citizen Connect expanding to other platforms, in an effort to reach as many people as possible…
[Via: SpringWise]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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