As reported by Wired magazine and others, there is a scam/trick going around the internet right now that encourages people with iPhones to set their device to 1970 to unlock a cool display graphic or “easter egg” as hidden fun things are also known as.
Read MoreWiredBlue is proud to be named a part of Government Technology Magazine’s inaugural GovTech100 List. The list focuses on the top 100 companies focused on government customers.
Read MoreIt appears we have now entered the era of “robotic graffiti”, which is a term I was not aware of until a few days ago when I read the term on Wired and The Next Web.
Wednesday morning, KATSU, a well-known graffiti artist and vandal, used a Phantom brand drone to paint on model Kendall Jenner’s face on one of New York City’s largest billboards.
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The My Police Department App recently reached over 200 partner agencies! We have had increased inquiries from citizens and agencies over the past few months. As police and the public continue to connect with technology, there is a growing demand for information. We thought it might be time to view some stats and decided to have an infographic created with our My Police Department app stats. We thought it would be interesting to display our police app information in a visual format.
Read MoreThe 2015 Police Innovation Conference dates and location have been announced.
The 2015 Police Innovation Conference will be October 5th and 6th 2015 at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, or NERD as it is known locally. The NERD is located in Cambridge Massachusetts in the heart of East Coast technology.
There is also an open call for proposals this year. You can learn more at this link http://policeinnovationconference.com/call-for-proposals-speakers/
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More police departments are getting crime tips from concerned citizens through smartphone apps, facebook, or their websites. We provide app and web forms for law enforcement agencies to receive these crime tips. Additionally we provide forms for feedback, questions, and commendations. The great thing about these forms are that they are secure and anonymous for the user.
While we don’t always hear about many tips that come in to departments we recently found two articles about citizens using police apps to send in crime tips. The first story is about our popular MyPD app which we have now partnered with over 200 agencies to provide to the public. The app provides everything an agency needs for a nominal cost. http://peabodypolice.org/app-tip-from-citizen-leads-to-heroin-arrest/
The second article is about the New Castle County Police Department app which is an app we created in 2013 for the agency. http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2014/10/08/crime-tip-app-leads-drug-arrest/16921703/
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The My Police Department app and WiredBlue were featured along with others in the August 2014 issue of Police Chief Magazine. As you might know we are in the process of giving the MyPD app a few design and additional features. The article briefly touches on a few of the things we are adding to the app. We are very close to releasing the new version and are proud that IACP Police Chief Magazine thought to cover our work.
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