The current study examined how task performance enhancement, easiness, important others’ opinions, entertainment motivation, information seeking motivation, and social connection motivation would predict use intention of mobile applications. Based on a motivational communication theory and the technology acceptance model, a web-based survey was administered among mobile application users. The r...

Modern computer architectures are large containing thousands of lines of code with complex and often distributed forms. Mobile and multi-platform solutions even increase this complexity. Modeling and managing a software architecture is important way of handling these complex systems, describing it to different actors inside software business and for analyzing and improving system performance. I...

Mobile Application Recommender System Christoffer Davidsson With the amount of mobile applications available increasing rapidly, users have to put a lot of effort into finding applications of interest. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how to aid users in the process of discovering new mobile applications by providing them with recommendations. A prototype system is then built as a p...

The use of mobile computing within in the construction industry is an emerging field within informatics and software engineering research. This thesis presents a system design of an application server, which is thought to act as a gateway between existing information systems and mobile devices used within in a construction industry context and especially on a construction site. The purpose of t...

This paper presents Mobile application via Bluetooth wireless technology (MAvBT) that enhance the student portal in universities by connecting students' mobile phone devices to a server application that benefit from the devices Bluetooth technology and the storage abilities. MAvBT enables students to retrieve their information with minimum time and anywhere ranging from 100m up to 1Km and it fa...

Mobile application stores have revolutionised the dynamics of mobile ecosystems. Research on mobile application ecosystems has been significantly driven by data that is focused on the visualisation of an ecosystem’s dynamics. This is a valuable step towards understanding the nature of the ecosystems, but it is limited in its explanatory power. Thus, a theory-driven approach is needed to underst...

This paper describes the development of a mobile application (app) created as a learning tool to help organic chemistry students increase their conceptual understanding of a given topic. The learning needs of organic chemistry students studying the unit “functional groups” were first identified, appropriate learning theories were chosen, and then a working prototype of the mobile application “T...

Nowadays Web based social networks are becoming more and more popular. As the functions of social networks are increasing it is reasonable to consider how mobile devices can connect to them. The paper is based on our experiences of implementing a Web based system which functions are available from mobile phones via Web services. A mobile client was also implemented that way the special abilitie...

One of the significant innovations that came out of Bitcoin is the blockchain technology. This paper explores how the blockchain can be leveraged in the philanthropic sector, through charitable donation services in fiat currency or Bitcoin via a web-based donor platform. The philanthropic model is then used for a case study providing humanitarian aid for a community living in a challenging geog...

The past decade has seen tremendous research, development and usage of local and wide area wireless networks. There is now a high penetration of cell-phone usage along with the evolution of powerful new mobile platforms, smaller wireless devices, and micro-browsers for small handhelds. Many important wireless data communication standards such as 802.11 for LANs and GPRS, 3G for WANs have also m...