This research expands upon historic output by exploring key developments and the impact of events during the coalition government’s tenure.
Chief Constables and Senior Police Officers from a selection of Police Authorities were joined recently by senior representatives of Research in Motion (Blackberry), Facebook and Twitter to respond to the Commons Home Affairs Committee. ositive aspects of public sector innovation were identified using mobile platforms in responses such as Community Outreach programmes in Yorkshire.
Connecting online via mobile devices is increasing across sections of society. According to recent Ofcom research, the “UK is a nation addicted to smartphones”.
Related factors influencing change:
- Increasingly sophisticated mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with GPS / location aware features and applications.
- The emergence of next generation mobile data networks and increasing network capacity;
- Funding for delivering the next generation of broadband / wifi infrastructure in both urban and deprived communities enabling people to get online without a fixed line connection;
- Increasing trends towards utilisation of dynamic social/interactive networks for communications;
- Open data initiatives;
- Cloud computing;
- Digital by default.
