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CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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
PAM
2010
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
An Experimental Performance Comparison of 3G and Wi-Fi
Mobile Internet users have two options for connectivity: pay premium fees to utilize 3G or wander around looking for open Wi-Fi access points. We perform an experimental evaluation...
Richard Gass, Christophe Diot
ICPR
2010
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Road Sign Detection in Images: A Case Study
Road sign identification in images is an important issue, in particular for vehicle safety applications. It is usually tackled in three stages: detection, recognition and trackin...
Rachid Belaroussi, Philippe Foucher, Jean-Philippe...
PERCOM
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
A comparative study of DECT and WLAN signals for indoor localization
—While there is more to context than location, localization and positioning must continue to be improved. Location-aware applications, such as Google Latitude, are enjoying great...
Matthias Kranz, Carl Fischer, Albrecht Schmidt