TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobile social networking applications
AU - Jabeur, Nafaâ
AU - Zeadally, Sherali
AU - Sayed, Biju
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - The latest advances in mobile computing, hardware, and software empower end users worldwide through a range of mobile devices with improved and novel capabilities. The result is intense competition among providers of online social services for mobile users regardless of location and profile, along with numerous mobile social networking (MSN) applications in which billions of people use their mobile devices to tap a spectrum of instant, relevant, high-quality services. MSN applications are social structures consisting of individuals or organizations connected through specific types of interdependency similar to online social networking sites (OSNS). They are based on a variety of architectures depending on whether they are extensions of existing OSNS, designed for mobile devices, focused on mobile users, or data- or service-oriented.
AB - The latest advances in mobile computing, hardware, and software empower end users worldwide through a range of mobile devices with improved and novel capabilities. The result is intense competition among providers of online social services for mobile users regardless of location and profile, along with numerous mobile social networking (MSN) applications in which billions of people use their mobile devices to tap a spectrum of instant, relevant, high-quality services. MSN applications are social structures consisting of individuals or organizations connected through specific types of interdependency similar to online social networking sites (OSNS). They are based on a variety of architectures depending on whether they are extensions of existing OSNS, designed for mobile devices, focused on mobile users, or data- or service-oriented.
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U2 - 10.1145/2428556.2428573
DO - 10.1145/2428556.2428573
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84875260168
SN - 0001-0782
VL - 56
SP - 71
EP - 79
JO - Communications of the ACM
JF - Communications of the ACM
IS - 3
ER -