At Google I/O last May, the Internet giant announced a few location and context based developer features, including Android Nearby and Google Awareness. The latter is now finally available for public ...

Mike Chapple is a teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. Professionals at higher education institutions make context-aware security decisions every day. A ...

Small always-on handheld devices equipped with low-power sensors could signal a new class of "context-aware" gadgets that are more like personal companions. Such devices would anticipate your moods, ...

Context-aware computing enables applications to sense, interpret, and respond to user context, like location, activity, time, and device state, to deliver more relevant, personalized, and seamless ...

Headset maker Plantronics is embedding smart sensors into its devices and inviting developers to build line-of-business applications that are contextually aware, incorporating presence, availability, ...

I was recently invited to discuss context-rich and context-aware security solutions with a group at the Department of Defense. I wanted to be crystal clear, so I started with the definition from the ...

Update 6/27: The Google Awareness API is now available to all developers as part of Play Services 9.2. Using seven types of context, apps can intelligently react to what users are doing. The Snapshot ...

As mobile devices become more sophisticated by incorporating emerging technologies, so must our creativity when using these technologies for mobile advertising. Beyond the current mobile technologies ...