The number and popularity of smartphone applications is rising dramatically. Users install
and use applications depending on their needs and interests. Applications on smartphones …

We introduce a new approach to monitoring the activity of smartphone users based on their
physical interactions with the interface. Typical events are taps, scrolling and typing, carried …

This paper analyzes how older people, living in Spain, use smartphones and smartphone
applications. Using a mixed methods approach, we compare quantitative results obtained by …

The smartphone has become an integral part of adolescents' daily life. Despite the countless
affordances of smartphones, concerns have been raised about their enormous potential to …

Driven by curiosity and our own three diverse smartphone application usage datasets, we
sought to unpack the nuances of mobile device use by revisiting two recent Mobile HCI …

Numerous studies have tracked people's everyday use of digital devices, but without
consideration of how such data might be of personal interest to the user. We have …

Researchers who analyse smartphone usage logs often make the assumption that users
who lock and unlock their phone for brief periods of time (eg, less than a minute) are …

User engagement is crucial to the long-term success of a mobile app. Several metrics, such
as dwell time, have been used for measuring user engagement. However, how to effectively …

People, especially young adults, often use their smartphones out of habit: They compulsively
browse social networks, check emails, and play video-games with little or no awareness at …

There are currently a wide variety of ways to share news with others: from sharing in a
personal message, to sharing on a social network, to publicly posting. Through a survey with …