Abstract The current ever-growing evolution of mobile technologies allows users to access services using many kinds of mobile devices. On the other hand, Semantic Web technologies are exploited to add semantics to service descriptions and to automatically locate services that fulfill a given user request in highly dynamic environments. In this paper, we propose the integration of two modern service technologies:... The current ever-growing evolution of mobile technologies allows users to access services using many kinds of mobile devices. On the other hand, Semantic Web technologies are exploited to add semantics to service descriptions and to automatically locate services that fulfill a given user request in highly dynamic environments. In this paper, we propose the integration of two modern service technologies: Web services and mobile agents. This integration enables wireless users to access and invoke semantically enriched Web services without the need for simultaneous and online presence of the service requestor. Furthermore, in order to improve the capabilities of service registries, we exploit the advantages offered by the Semantic Web framework. Specifically, we use enhanced registries enriched with semantic information that provide semantic matching to service queries and published service descriptions. In addition, we will consider the information defining the context of the user and the Web service in order to best satisfy the user request. Read More Read Less

Abstract Chesbrough (2003) described Open innovation (OI) as the new way for companies to generate innovations. Although inclusion of external parties into the corporate innovation process has also happened before, Chesborough was the first to describe the possibility to include multiple external agents simultaneously to innovate at a faster pace. In recent times several studies discussed this topic mainly arguing for... Chesbrough (2003) described Open innovation (OI) as the new way for companies to generate innovations. Although inclusion of external parties into the corporate innovation process has also happened before, Chesborough was the first to describe the possibility to include multiple external agents simultaneously to innovate at a faster pace. In recent times several studies discussed this topic mainly arguing for the use of OI. This research puts the main studies in a time-wise perspective and argues for a phased model of the OI adoption process. The bespoke diffusion model is applied to the German SME market via a two-fold qualitative and quantitative empirical study. It becomes apparent that the current status of adoption of OI does not comply with the previously anticipated adoption rates. The paper reflects this finding by discussing barriers to reach the next levels of OI adoption. Read More Read Less

Abstract This research examines distribution methods of mobile applications in China. To address, four research questions are proposed. Based on a sample from 262 respondents from the biggest city in central China, the results indicate that the most used mobile application in the Chinese market is instant messaging tools. It is found that majority of Chinese users are more likely to... This research examines distribution methods of mobile applications in China. To address, four research questions are proposed. Based on a sample from 262 respondents from the biggest city in central China, the results indicate that the most used mobile application in the Chinese market is instant messaging tools. It is found that majority of Chinese users are more likely to install mobile applications via the PC. Further, most respondents do not accept additional costs for software installation. In general, they are willing to pay less than one dollar for a mobile application. And, men are always more technology-affine than women. Last but not least, among the available transmission methods, the transfer of data between mobile devices via Bluetooth receives the highest ranking. Read More Read Less

Abstract Music and songs are natural way of expressing emotions in South Asian movies. The video clips of these songs are also sold in huge volume in CDs and cassettes market in South Asian countries and countries where there is significant population of Asians. The growing ease in hosting multimedia contents has resulted in huge increase of such songs video clip... Music and songs are natural way of expressing emotions in South Asian movies. The video clips of these songs are also sold in huge volume in CDs and cassettes market in South Asian countries and countries where there is significant population of Asians. The growing ease in hosting multimedia contents has resulted in huge increase of such songs video clip available online. The search and indexing of online databases having these video songs is a challenging task. A common user usually likes to search a song based on many criteria, e.g. the genre of a song, and on-screen actor performing in a song. Currently, the genre and actor information for a song is available in an attached textual tag, which usually is added by a user who uploads the song. Any indexing or searching system can not solely depend on the genre or actor information provided by an ordinary user, who may, sometimes ignore to include such information. The potential solution to the problem is content based analysis of these video songs. In this paper, we propose a shot based main actor detection in Bollywood video songs. We first detect the shots in a song which most probably contain the main actor faces, followed by filtering out the extras faces that might be accompanied with main actor, and finally displaying the main actor performing in that song video. Read More Read Less