2.5 billion adults, just over half of world's adult population, do not use formal financial services to save or borrow. 2.2 billion of these unserved adults live in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Of the 1.2 billion adults who use formal financial services in Africa, Asia, and...

Google distributes proprietary applications for its open-source Android mobile operating system (OS) free of charge. Some of those applications (apps) are offered together as a suite of apps known as Google Mobile Services (GMS). Manufacturers of mobile devices can agree, pursuant to Google's...

The focus of this paper is on context-aware, self- adaptive ubiquitous computing applications that involve mobile users. The development of such applications is inherently complex for two main reasons: From a technical perspective, context management and adaptation management add complexity to...

In this article, we analyse the prediction that wireless local area network (W-LAN) technologies will be disruptive for incumbent mobile communications network operators. For this purpose, we develop a methodology of guided interviews to assess technologies for their disruptive characteristics...

Wireless self-powered micro sensors were developed and constructed, allowing new measurement locations in the mill (WP1). Most suitable energy harvesting systems were selected according with sensors locations. A wireless portable vibration device was constructed which allow making vibration...