A number of applications can benefit from the use of mobile devices. An example is the museum application domain where a wide variety of users want to access information regarding the works of art while freely moving about. In this paper we discuss the possible design choices when developing interactive mobile applications supporting this type of user and show which have been adopted in a speci...

Advent of smart phones has brought with it revolution in mobile applications that are available for everyday functions. In this paper we review security requirements for apps from different domains that are communicating sensitive information over insecure network. Some of these apps are already available and some are expected to be introduced in future. We find that there are many parameters t...

As mobile interfaces are often designed with sighted users in mind, difficulties can be experienced by individuals who are blind, when using a mobile screen reader to access content. In this paper, we describe a data gathering study to determine the day-to-day challenges experienced when performing tasks using mobile screen readers. Challenges can be faced when gaining an overview of specific d...

Recent proliferation of mobile market has swiftly increased the competition in mobile software market, new technology and new devices are emerging at phenomenal speed. As the number of mobile applications is increasing at daily rate, quality is becoming major issue. So mobile software organization need some quality model as guideline to improve and maintain quality of application under developm...

The upcoming mobile and ubiquitous computing world will need new forms of information sharing and services collaboration between mobile devices and wireless reachable application services to support mobile commerce. In this paper we present ezBusiness application architecture for mobile e-business in hybrid network environment. Six major components of the ezBusiness architecture are identified ...

To gain a better understanding about new forms of citizen-government interaction enabled by modern technology, we conducted a survey among citizens who interact with their local government by using a web-based platform or a mobile application. In our paper, we investigate the patterns of online and mobile communication between citizens and local government. Based on logistic regressions, we stu...

The availability of internet connectivity and mobile application software used by low-power handheld devices makes smart phones of unique value in time-sensitive clinical trials. Trial-specific applications can be downloaded by investigators from various mobile software distribution platforms or web applications delivered over HTTP. The Antihypertensive Treatment in Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage (A...

Recommender systems have become an important application domain related to the development of personalized mobile services. Thus, various recommender mechanisms have been developed for filtering and delivering relevant information to mobile users. This paper presents a rich context model to provide the relevant content of news to the current context of mobile users. The proposed rich context mo...