Opportunistic social dissemination of micro-blogs

Opportunistic social dissemination of micro-blogs

Through web sites such as Twitter, micro-blogging has shown a remarkable growth, demonstrating the human desire to share and consume information and knowledge. At the same time, the capabilities of mobile devices such as smart phones has considerably increased, opening up new ways to communicate and share content. In particular it is becoming feasible that mobile devices can directly share cont...

Information dissemination in social-featured opportunistic networks

Towards Improved Music Recommendation: Using Blogs and Micro-Blogs

With the explosive growth of the World Wide Web and the rise of social media, new approaches in Music Recommendation evolve. The current study investigates how blogs and micro-blogs can improve the perceived quality of music recommendation. A literature review and expert interviews are conducted to identify important topics regarding (micro-) blogs and Music Recommendation. Subsequently, the pr...

Data Dissemination in Opportunistic Networks

Mobile devices integrating wireless short-range communication technologies make possible new applications for spontaneous communication, interaction and collaboration. An interesting approach is to use collaboration to facilitate communication when mobile devices are not able to establish direct communication paths. Opportunistic networks, formed when mobile devices communicate with each other ...

PodNetSec: Secure Opportunistic Content Dissemination

PodNet: PodNet [1] (Fig. 1(a)) targets mobile content distribution by extending the traditional podcasting concept to opportunistic peer-to-peer content delivery among users via IEEE 802.11 wireless communications in ad hoc mode. Content is organized as episodes in channels, which users can subscribe to and download content once a peer within range holds new episodes. Information thus spreads f...