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HCI
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Mobile Social Software for the Developing World
This paper discusses how the importance of social networks for performing everyday tasks in the developing world leads to new considerations of the utility of social networking sof...
Beth E. Kolko, Erica J. Johnson, Emma J. Rose
WWW
2007
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Communication as information-seeking: the case for mobile social software for developing regions
In this paper, we describe several findings from a multi-year, multi-method study of how information and communication technologies have been adopted and adapted in Central Asia. ...
Beth E. Kolko, Emma J. Rose, Erica J. Johnson
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
After access: challenges facing mobile-only internet users in the developing world
This study reports results of an ethnographic action research study, exploring mobile-centric internet use. Over the course of 13 weeks, eight women, each a member of a livelihood...
Shikoh Gitau, Gary Marsden, Jonathan Donner
WWW
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Designing an architecture for delivering mobile information services to the rural developing world
Paper plays a crucial role in many developing world information practices. However, paper-based records are inefficient, error-prone and difficult to aggregate. Therefore we need ...
Tapan S. Parikh, Edward D. Lazowska
FUNGAMES
2008
13 years 5 months ago
Pervasive Mobile Games - A New Mindset for Players and Developers
Pervasive games are an emerging new game genre, which includes context information as an integral part of the game. These games differ from traditional games in that they expand sp...
Hannu Korhonen, Hannamari Saarenpää, Jan...