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Our Mobile Commons Enroll Video Explains How Text Messaging Can Help Enroll People in Health Insurance 27 Aug 2013 | 05:35 am
How can text messaging inspire people to enroll in health insurance? Well, we made a video to show you! In a country with 48 million uninsured, connecting people with reliable information and encour...
Mobile Commons Enroll for Navigators 16 Aug 2013 | 11:48 pm
On August 15, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced 105 groups that were awarded Navigator Grants, a set of organizations tasked with helping consumers through the ACA enrollmen...
National Cancer Institute’s SmokefreeTXT Has Doubled Quit Rates Among Teens 8 Aug 2013 | 03:22 am
The National Cancer Institute’s SmokefreeTXT smoking cessation campaign has more than doubled quit rates among teens, according to a recent article in Politico. SmokefreeTXT texts out messages of enc...
National Cancer Institute PSA Increases Enrollment in Smoking Cessation Program by 100x 8 Aug 2013 | 03:16 am
A PSA from the National Cancer Institute has boosted teen enrollment in their SmokefreeTXT smoking cessation program one-hundredfold, according to the organization’s behavioral scientist Erik Augustso...
Pew Report Shows that Mobile Phones are the Best Way to Reach the Most People 8 Aug 2013 | 02:41 am
A recent Pew Report shows that mobile phones are the best way to reach the vast majority of the American public. The report, entitled Digital Differences, examines the “digital divide” in Internet usa...
Mobile Commons Advocacy is Now Available in Spanish 6 Aug 2013 | 04:22 am
Today, Mobile Commons is releasing Spanish support for Mobile Commons Advocacy. In a country with 37 million primary Spanish speakers—Spanish is the second most-spoken language in the US—bilingual opt...
Obama Tech Team Turns to SMS to Help Inauguration Attendees Navigate the National Mall 5 Aug 2013 | 08:39 am
Want to know how to National Mall during the busiest social event of the quadrennium? Check your cell phone. The Obama administration uses SMS technology to tackle some of the largest and most import...
How to Insure a Country, 160 Characters at a Time – Part 3 3 Aug 2013 | 12:48 am
This is the final installment of a three part series introducing the Mobile Commons Enroll text message content library and highlighting some of the conceptual and technical challenges we faced during...
MTA Chairman Says Bus Time is a Tremendous Success, Set to Expand Citywide 31 Jul 2013 | 07:36 pm
In a recent interview on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, MTA chairman and CEO Tom Prendergast praised the Bus Time system—whose text-message component is run by Mobile Commons—which lets commuters know ...
Gmail’s New Layout Hurts Email Open Rates. Text Open Rate Is Still 99%. 31 Jul 2013 | 02:53 am
Gmail’s new layout has email marketers worried about open rates. Luckily for those who use SMS, text messages are still opened 99% of the time. And no webmail redesign will ever affect that. A recent...
