—Recently there are emerging applications based on opportunistic mobile social networks, which are kinds of delay tolerant networks (DTNs) with social relations between the nodes. In such networking scenarios, messages are disseminated through intermittent connections in a store-carry-and-forward manner. A major advantage of the opportunistic mobile social networks includes enabling communicat...

Social-related services like sharing, tagging or commenting are a mainstay of current web applications and platforms aimed at groups of users. These services not only enhance the purpose and main functionalities of their applications but also create a network of users and services that interconnects into a wider online ecosystem. Despite their success in general and recreational applications, t...

Social network information is now being used in ways for which it may have not been originally intended. In particular, increased use of smartphones capable of running applications which access social network information enable applications to be aware of a user’s location and preferences However current models for exchange of this information require users to compromise their privacy and secur...

Background: One of the most challenging aspects of today's technology is mobile social networking which has had a different effect on the health and social life of individuals. The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between the use of mobile-based social networks and general health. Methods: This analytical and cross-sectional correlation study was done on 295 staff of Bush...

The rapid growth of location-based social networks (LBSNs) has greatly enriched people’s urban experience through social media and attracted increasing number of users in recent years. Typical location-based social networking sites allow users to “check in” at a physical place and share the location with their online friends, and therefore bridge the gap between the real world and online social...

Mobile social networks are rapidly becoming an important new domain showcasing the power of mobile computing systems. These networks combine mobile location information with social networking data to enable fully context-aware environments. This paper proposes SocialFusion, a framework to support context-aware inference and recommendation by fusing together mobile, sensor, and social data. We i...

Mobile social networks are rapidly becoming an important new domain showcasing the power of mobile computing systems. These networks combine mobile location information with social networking data to enable fully context-aware environments. This paper proposes SocialFusion, a framework to support context-aware inference and recommendation by fusing together mobile, sensor, and social data. We i...