This study tries to identify the determinants of user’s attitude toward apps, intention to use and continual consuming intention. This study holds the two main constructs: (1) user’s intrinsic determinantsvalue, innovativeness, gender, Well-being and superordinate influence on the attitude toward mobile apps, (2) the relation between attitude and app purchase & repurchase intention, and the aff...

This paper reviews some research initiatives to allow situated learning through the use of computer-supported mobile activities. The article also describes the development of a learning activity based on the situated learning theory, which makes use of a mobile application to help students to relate learning activities inside the classroom with activities performed in the field and at home. The...

We introduce current home Internet of Things (IoT) technology and present research on its various forms and applications in real life. In addition, we describe IoT marketing strategies as well as specific modeling techniques for improving air quality, a key home IoT service. To this end, we summarize the latest research on sensor-based home IoT, studies on indoor air quality, and technical stud...

In this paper, we describe a motivation to develop an Android mobile application for a wine lover. We introduce a simple map of concepts used for analysis and modeling of the subject domain. We also briefly describe the application architecture and the interfaces developed to support major use cases that a wine amateur may require in order to store and manage information about wines.

With an increase in the interest in the energy conservation for buildings, and the emergence of many methods and easily-understandable approaches to it, energy conservation has now become the public’s main interest, as compared to in the past when it was only focused upon by experts. This study aims to help the occupants of a building to understand the energy efficiency and consumption of the b...

Field testing of software applications developed for mobile devices is a challenge due to unique features of mobile devices. Unreliability of wireless networks, limited bandwidth, changing context, phasing network disturbance or noises problems and different data transfer time for different applications. Methodologies used in testing of desktop applications cannot be directly applicable to a mo...

BACKGROUND Social media and mobile applications that allow people to work anywhere are changing the way people can contribute and collaborate. OBJECTIVE We sought to determine the feasibility of using mobile workforce technology to validate the locations of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), an emergency public health resource. METHODS We piloted the use of a mobile workforce applica...

The device discovery time of Bluetooth is prohibitively long. This may significantly impact many mobile applications. In this work, we start by analyzing the frequency matching of Bluetooth, the major component of delay in its device discovery, for both versions V1.2 and V1.1 specifications. We then propose a new scheme called Dual Inquiry Scan to reduce the delay. The result is a reduction of ...

Urban intersections are the most dangerous parts of a blind or visually impaired pedestrian's travel. A prerequisite for safely crossing an intersection is entering the crosswalk in the right direction and avoiding the danger of straying outside the crosswalk. This paper presents a proof of concept system that seeks to provide such alignment information. The system consists of a standard mobile...