— In today's mobile application marketplace, the ability of consumers to make informed choices regarding their privacy is extremely limited. Consumers largely rely on privacy policies and app permission mechanisms, but these do an inadequate job of conveying how information will be collected, used, stored, and shared. Mobile application developers go largely unrewarded for making apps more priv...

This paper describes a real world deployment of a contextaware mobile app recommender system (RS) called Frappé. Utilizing a hybrid-approach, we conducted a large-scale app market deployment with 1000 Android users combined with a small-scale local user study involving 33 users. The resulting usage logs and subjective feedback enabled us to gather key insights into (1) context-dependent app usa...

When people install an Android app on their smartphone, they are required to accept all permissions requested by the app in order to proceed with installation. That is, the consent mechanism of the app market limits the user to a binary decision: either take it, or leave it. However, there is often little to no information about the purpose for accessing this information, with apps often reques...

SUMMARY The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB) resource provides tools for query, analysis and visualization of the 3D structures in the PDB archive. As the mobile Web is starting to surpass desktop and laptop usage, scientists and educators are beginning to integrate mobile devices into their research and teaching. In response, we have developed t...

Day 1 – Research Topic Discussion Mobile apps (short for “mobile applications”) are software tools that are specifically designed to accomplish a particular higher-level task from a mobile device. For example, Shazam1 is an app that automatically identifies a song currently playing in the user’s physical space and then gives the user the option to purchase the song/album online. As the usage of...

OBJECTIVES To study the current selection of mobile applications (apps) relating to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery (OtoHNS). To conduct a review of the apps available in OtoHNS. DATA SOURCES App Store, Google Play, BlackBerry World, Windows Store. METHODS The Apple, Google, Windows, and Blackberry mobile app stores were searched for apps relating to OtoHNS. App information was analyze...

Mobile applications are defined and different types of mobile applications are identified. Characteristics of quality are defined and their indicators are constructed to measure levels. Take into account 11 parameters analysis for mobile applications, which are arranged using weights and do a detailed analysis of the system of weights. For SMSEncrypt application performance measurement is done ...

This paper describes an app suite that consists of mobile games to encourage increased activity and healthier eating by children in fun and motivating ways. The apps include Scavenger Hunt, in which a user can take pictures of objects that match a specific color in a short amount of time; Fish Out of Water, that tracks the number of steps you take to “catch” the fish; Space Rayders, a mobile ga...

This case, written on the basis of published sources, concerns the decision facing management of Starbucks Canada about how to implement mobile payments. While Starbucks has currently been using a mobile app to accept payments through their proprietary Starbucks card, rival Tim Hortons has recently introduced a more advanced mobile payments solution and the company now has to consider its next ...