Objectives Smartphones represent a promising technology for patient-centered healthcare. It is claimed that data mining techniques have improved mobile apps to address patients' needs at subgroup and individual levels. This study reviewed the current literature regarding data mining applications in patient-centered mobile-based information systems. Methods We systematically searched PubMed, S...

Online advertisers and analytics services (or trackers), are constantly tracking users activities as they access web services either through browsers or a mobile apps. Numerous tools such as browser plugins and specialized mobile apps have been proposed to limit intrusive advertisements and prevent tracking on desktop computing and mobile phones. For desktop computing, browser plugins are heavi...

Mobile apps are one of the building blocks of the mobile digital economy. A differentiating feature of mobile apps to traditional enterprise software is online reviews, which are available on app marketplaces and represent a valuable source of consumer feedback on the app. We create a supervised topic modeling approach for app developers to use mobile reviews as useful sources of quality and cu...

PURPOSE To examine the features and types of health information provided in Chinese diabetes mobile applications (apps) for patients' self-management. MATERIALS AND METHODS Through multiple rounds of screening, we identified a total of 95 relevant iOS (Apple, Cupertino, CA) and Android™ (Google, Mountain View, CA) apps and examined each app's features and health information types based on eac...

BACKGROUND There is preliminary evidence that mobile health (mHealth) apps are feasible, attractive, and an effective platform for the creation of self-management tools for persons living with HIV (PLWH). As a foundation for the current study, we conducted formative research using focus groups, participatory design sessions, and usability evaluation methods to inform the development of a health...

BACKGROUND Significant weight loss takes several months to achieve, and behavioral support can enhance weight loss success. Weight loss apps could provide ongoing support and deliver innovative interventions, but to do so, developers must ensure user satisfaction. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to conduct a review of Google Play Store apps to explore what users like and dislike about wei...

BACKGROUND Depression is highly prevalent and causes considerable suffering and disease burden despite the existence of wide-ranging treatment options. Mobile phone apps offer the potential to help close this treatment gap by confronting key barriers to accessing support for depression. OBJECTIVES Our goal was to identify and characterize the different types of mobile phone depression apps av...

The advertising industry is seeking to use the unique data provided by the increasing usage of mobile devices and mobile applications (apps) to improve targeting and the experience with apps. As a consequence, understanding user behaviours with apps has gained increased interests from both academia and industry. In this paper we study user app engagement patterns and disruptions of those patter...

Web authentication security can be undermined by flawed mobile web implementations. Mobile web implementations may use less secure transport channel and enforce less strict brute-force-proof measures, making web authentication services vulnerable to typical attacks such as password cracking. This paper presents an in-depth penetration testing based on a comprehensive dynamic app analysis focusi...

Mobile dating apps with geolocation function have gained popularity for fostering social, romantic, and sexual connections between nearby strangers. Through in-depth interviews and focus-group discussions with 74 users of gay mobile dating apps (Grindr and Jack’d) in Hong Kong, this study illustrates how the sociological concept of time can shed light on users’ experience of relationship format...