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2010
ACM
15 years 6 months ago
Find me if you can: improving geographical prediction with social and spatial proximity
Geography and social relationships are inextricably intertwined; the people we interact with on a daily basis almost always live near us. As people spend more time online, data re...
Lars Backstrom, Eric Sun, Cameron Marlow
CHI
2010
ACM
15 years 6 months ago
Biketastic: sensing and mapping for better biking
Bicycling is an affordable, environmentally friendly alternative transportation mode to motorized travel. A common task performed by bikers is to find good routes in an area, whe...
Sasank Reddy, Katie Shilton, Gleb Denisov, Christi...
CHI
2010
ACM
15 years 6 months ago
Deliberate interactions: characterizing technology use in Nairobi, Kenya
We present results from a qualitative study examining how professionals living and working in Nairobi, Kenya regularly use ICT in their everyday lives. There are two contributions...
Susan Wyche, Thomas N. Smyth, Marshini Chetty, Pau...
CHI
2010
ACM
15 years 6 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
DEXAW
2009
IEEE
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Automatic User Comment Detection in Flat Internet Fora
—Millions of people are using the World Wide Web and are publishing content online. This user generated content contains many information relevant not only to marketing but to co...
Mathias Bank, Michael Mattes