As smartphones have become indispensable personal devices, the number of smartphone
users has increased dramatically over the last decade. These personal devices, which are …

The landscape of cloud computing has significantly changed over the last decade. Not only
have more providers and service offerings crowded the space, but also cloud infrastructure …

This study aimed to examine smartphone use patterns, smartphone addiction
characteristics, and the predictive factors of the smartphone addiction in middle school …

Smartphones allow people to connect with others from almost anywhere at any time.
However, there is growing concern that smartphones may actually sometimes detract, rather …

Background and aims Phubbing can be described as an individual looking at his or her
mobile phone during a conversation with other individuals, dealing with the mobile phone …

In mobile crowd computing (MCC), smart mobile devices (SMDs) are utilized as computing
resources. To achieve satisfactory performance and quality of service, selecting the most …

A smartphone is a device which offers advanced technologies, functions similarly to a
computer, supports multitasking and makes it easy to remain connected with others. The …

With lower latency and higher bandwidth than its predecessor 3G networks, the latest
cellular technology 4G LTE has been attracting many new users. However, the interactions …

Crowd sensing (CS) is an approach to collecting many samples of a phenomena of interest
by distributing the sampling across a large number of individuals. While any one individual …

Currently, in the smartphone market, Android is the platform with the highest share. Due to
this popularity and also to its open source nature, Android-based smartphones are now an …