Recently online social services have began to utilize the location of a mobile device to find more relevant information for the user. Mobile devices have had capacity for inexpensive wireless communication between neighbor devices, but the technology has not been popular among users due to technical problems and missing applications. This thesis studies possibilities of using direct communication for local social networking. First, the requirements and use cases are derived for local social applications, and an application design is presented which fulfills the requirements. Secondly, a simulation model is described for testing applications that utilize direct communication. The simulation models the movement of a large population in an urb...
Despite a worldwide trend towards mobile computing, current telepresence experiences focus on statio...
Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Syst...
Nowadays mobile devices have gained a great importance in our society and they are present everywher...
Recently online social services have began to utilize the location of a mobile device to find more r...
Social media is a growing phenomenon. Social network sites (SNS) are web services which are designed...
Being connected with old social contacts and making new social contacts on social networking sites i...
The world of social networking has become a huge phenomenon. Extending these social networking sites...
Mobile social applications or software refer to mobile phone systems that allow users to connect wit...
In this article, we present an idea of combining social networking websites andmodern mobile devices...
The beginning of the 21st century has seen a technology boom that lead toward the development of soc...
Social networking websites are being regularly used by individuals, groups, friends, colleagues etc....
Modern smartphones are the primary gateways to information, entertainment, social networks, and priv...
The ways in which people communicate and keep in touch with each other are changing. Our relationshi...
8 pagesInternational audienceIn less than a decade, smartphones and mobile applications spread like ...
Recent developments in computation and communication technologies are making big changes to the meth...
Despite a worldwide trend towards mobile computing, current telepresence experiences focus on statio...
Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Syst...
Nowadays mobile devices have gained a great importance in our society and they are present everywher...
Recently online social services have began to utilize the location of a mobile device to find more r...
Social media is a growing phenomenon. Social network sites (SNS) are web services which are designed...
Being connected with old social contacts and making new social contacts on social networking sites i...
The world of social networking has become a huge phenomenon. Extending these social networking sites...
Mobile social applications or software refer to mobile phone systems that allow users to connect wit...
In this article, we present an idea of combining social networking websites andmodern mobile devices...
The beginning of the 21st century has seen a technology boom that lead toward the development of soc...
Social networking websites are being regularly used by individuals, groups, friends, colleagues etc....
Modern smartphones are the primary gateways to information, entertainment, social networks, and priv...
The ways in which people communicate and keep in touch with each other are changing. Our relationshi...
8 pagesInternational audienceIn less than a decade, smartphones and mobile applications spread like ...
Recent developments in computation and communication technologies are making big changes to the meth...
Despite a worldwide trend towards mobile computing, current telepresence experiences focus on statio...
Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Syst...
Nowadays mobile devices have gained a great importance in our society and they are present everywher...