We present a general purpose solution to Web content and services perusal by means of
mobile devices, named Social Context-Aware Browser. This is a novel approach for …

Web-based knowledge systems support an impressive and growing amount of information.
Among the difficulties faced by these systems is the problem of overwhelming the user with a …

Context-awareness can make mobile services more easily available and spontaneous to
use. By identifying the user's context, the service can offer information related to that context …

We discuss how collaborative annotations can be exploited to simplify and improve the
management of context and resources in the context-aware retrieval field. We apply this …

Search engines are the most commonly used type of tool for finding relevant information on
the Internet. However, today's search engines are far from perfect. Typical search queries …

Mobile and ubiquitous computing environments provide a challenging and exciting new
domain for information retrieval. One of the challenges is to provide relevant and reliable …

Mobile applications often adapt their behavior according to user context, however, they are
often limited to consider few sources of contextual information, such as user position or …

The opportunities for context-aware computing are fast expanding. Computing systems can
be made aware of their environment by monitoring attributes such as their current location …

The development of wireless computer networks and powerful mobile computing devices is
creating opportunities to introduce mobile information retrieval applications. Information …

In this paper, the potential of contextual communications with mobile technologies is
explored. Context-aware applications allow relevant information and services to be …