GigaOM, August 5, 2011
By Ryan Kim

Mobile apps are used for interpersonal communication and fun. But other utilities speak to where some of the growing opportunities are. It's in things like health care, safety and education and basic needs where mobile is able to leverage connectivity and ubiquity to really powerful effects. We have plenty of games, but it's cool to see mobile applied to real-world basic needs and problems. And companies are increasingly going to find there is money to be made there, too.

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