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The Myths of and Solutions for Android OS Controlled and Secure Environment
2015
<p class="R-AbstractKeywords"><span lang="EN-US">Android is the most popular mobile operating system nowadays both for smartphones and tablets. This fact creates many not fully recognized risks. Often even advanced users naive think that using antivirus software, firewall, encryption, updates, as well as avoiding potentially risky sites and applications are enough for security. This list is not full, but nevertheless each its item in most cases only conceals an illusion of reaching the security. Authors have summarized and pointed out several actual Android security issues and have proposed a number of possible solutions.</span></p><p class="R-AbstractKeywords">…
Eficacia del programa de prevención prevtec 3.1. Un estudio de uso de móviles en adolescentes
2017
El presente trabajo de investigación pretende medir la eficacia al año de su implementación del programa de prevención de adicciones tecnológicas PREVTEC 3.1 en su módulo relativo a los móviles. Realizamos este estudio ya que vivimos en una sociedad cada vez más tecnológica y las TICs (tecnologías de la información y la comunicación) han sido uno de los sectores que mayor desarrollo ha tenido en los últimos años. Las TIC´s y el móvil, en particular, son herramientas que pueden generar nuevas oportunidades de acceso a la información, crear capacidades, mejorar la productividad e impulsar el desarrollo. Sin embargo también pueden generar problemas graves y entre ellos los de adicción a los te…
Monitoring a meat-free pledge with smartphones:An experimental study
2020
Pledges are a popular strategy to encourage meat reduction, though experimental studies of their efficacy are lacking. Three-hundred and twenty-five participants from three different countries (UK, Germany, Australia) were randomly assigned to pledge 28 days meat-free or not, and their behavior was tracked via smartphones. Participants answered daily surveys regarding their eating behavior, meat cravings, and shared photos of their meals. Baseline data was collected prior to the pledge, after the 28 days, and one-month post-intervention. Participants assigned to the pledge condition ate less meat across the 28 days, compared to control participants. Meat reductions, observed at outtake, did…
Mobile Technology Adoption and the Effects of Cultural Factors
2019
Mobile technologies are an important part of human life in both the personal and professional realms. Many services (banking, news, health, education, etc.) that traditionally offered either face-to-face, telephone, or other conventional platforms and technologies are now establishing services on mobile platforms as well. Mobile gadgets are now also being used by company employees as sales automation tools. The importance of culture in technology adoption and usage has been well-established. The adoption of any technology includes a set of factors that determine if the technology is either accepted or rejected, and the individual strengths of these determining factors may vary greatly, depe…
Mobile marketing and its implementations
2014
Latto, Joel Mobile marketing and its implementations Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2014, 33 p. Information Systems Science, Bachelor’s Thesis Supervisor: Salo, Markus Mobile devices have become increasingly important marketing channel in recent years for all kinds of organizations. They allow marketers to bring forward relevant marketing information for the consumers based on location, purchase history, time and technology available. Although not brand new way of marketing, it is considered to be in its bloom right now, and it is expected to continue growing rapidly in near future. Some experts even say, that mobile marketing is just as vital to businesses as Internet marketing, and c…