Development and usage of online social networking web sites are growing rapidly. Millions members of these web sites publicly articulate mutual "friendship" relations and share user-created contents, such as photos, videos, files, and blogs. The advances in web designing technology and fast growing usage of online resources prompted web designers to improve features and architectures of social ...

The exponential growth on the number of mobile devices and their capabilities are leveraging new possibilities of networking architectures for processing, storing, and exchanging of information. At a glance, existing architectures take advantage of these devices, the social behavior of their users, and/or the dynamicity on resource usage. Despite of the potential of existing initiatives, they d...

Social media channels such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn have been used as tools in health care research, opening new horizons for research on health-related topics (e.g., the use of mobile social networking in weight loss programs). While there have been efforts to develop ethical guidelines for internet-related research, researchers still face unresolved ethical challenges. This article ...

Internet and cell phones can be considered as new media compared to traditional media types and have become a fundamental part of the lives of many young people across the globe. The exploratory research study investigated the diffusion and adoption of new media innovations among adolescents. It was found that new media have diffused at a high rate among South African adolescents who are not on...

Today, more and more people possess mobile devices. This enables them to have access to a wide range of services, but also to be contacted anytime, anywhere, which can cause discomfort. People should have full control on who can reach them and how, depending on their current situation: when at work, a friend’s call or during a family dinner a call related to work is not always appreciated. Furt...

although the internet has become one of the most important information resources for university students, excessive internet use can be defined as uncontrolled and harmful use of the internet, in other words, internet addiction. internet addiction (ia) can be described as a maladaptive preoccupation with internet use impairing social, occupational and other areas of a person’s functioning. rece...

Internet-based Mobile Ad Hoc Networking is an emerging technology that supports self-organizing, mobile networking infrastructures, and is one which appears well-suited for use in future commercial and military applications. This article presents an overview of Mobile Ad Hoc Networking technology and current Internet Engineering Task Force standardization efforts in this regard. It gives long-t...

A lthough the Inter-net offers access to information sources worldwide, typically we do not expect to benefit from that access until we arrive at some familiar point—whether home, office, or school. However, the increasing variety of wireless devices offering IP connectivity, such as PDAs, handhelds, and digital cellular phones, is beginning to change our perceptions of the Internet. To underst...