Mobile Commerce Technology

With the introduction of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic commerce has revolutionized traditional commerce and boosted sales and exchanges of merchandise and information. Recently, the emergence of wireless and mobile networks has made possible the extension of electronic commerce to a new application and research area: mobile commerce, which is defined as the exchange or buying and selling of commodities, services or information on the Internet through the use of mobile handheld devices. In just a few years, mobile commerce has emerged from nowhere to become the hottest new trend in business transactions. Mobile commerce is an effective and convenient way of delivering electronic commerce to consumers from anywhere and at any time. Realizing the advantages to be gained from mobile commerce, companies have begun to offer mobile commerce options for their customers in addition to the electronic commerce they already provide (The Yankee Group, 2002).

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Fundamentals of Mobile Commerce Systems

Internet-Enabled Handheld Devices, Computing, and Programming ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-769-0.ch001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wen-Chen Hu

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

Electronic Commerce ◽

Mobile Networks ◽

World Wide ◽

Research Area ◽

Mobile Commerce ◽

Handheld Devices ◽

The Internet ◽

Business Transactions ◽

The World

With the introduction of the World Wide Web, electronic commerce revolutionized traditional commerce, boosting sales and facilitating exchanges of merchandise and information. The emergence of wireless and mobile networks has now made it possible to extend electronic commerce to a new application and research area: mobile commerce, defined as the exchange or buying and selling of commodities, services, or information on the Internet through the use of mobile handheld devices. In just a few years, mobile commerce has become the hottest new trend in business transactions. The future of mobile commerce is bright.

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A quick analysis in relation to the electronic commerce of performance- and image-enhancing drugs based on the infrastructure of the world wide web

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.3126/ajms.v7i4.13977 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 88-93 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ahmed M. Lutfi

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

World Wide Web ◽

Electronic Commerce ◽

Search Engines ◽

World Wide ◽

Rational Approach ◽

The Internet ◽

Medical Sciences ◽

The World ◽

Image Enhancing

Aims and Objectives: Performance- and Image-Enhancing Drugs (PIEDs) refer to all known forms of substances, that can enhance either the morphology or the physiological performance or both simultaneously. The exponential rise of electronic commerce (e-commerce) for PIEDs is a major public issue, for which control protocols are to be deployed.Materials and Methods: It would be a waste of time and resources to track and/or shut down all PIED-promoting websites one by one. Cyberspace is vast; the PIED “product managers” will always adapt to surveillance-control policies over their illegitimate online businesses. A more rational approach would be to track, challenge, and tackle the same resources upon which PIED electronic commerce is based: the infrastructure of the World Wide Web (the Internet).Results: Concerning PIED e-commerce, the main resources are Google and AOL (search engines); YouTube, Wikipedia, and Facebook (social media sites); and Alibaba, Amazon, and eBay (major e-commerce websites).Conclusion: Illegal PIED e-commerce became a major public problem. The major drivers are the Internet search engines, social media sites, and major e-commerce websites. Effective protocols toward these resources would hinder any future progress of this illegitimate worldwide phenomenon.Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.7(4) 2016 88-93

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Mobile Commerce Technology

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-026-4.ch412 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 2584-2589 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chung-wei Lee ◽

Wen-Chen Hu ◽

Jyh-haw Yeh

Keyword(s):

Electronic Commerce ◽

Mobile Networks ◽

High Speed ◽

Cellular Phone ◽

Mobile Commerce ◽

Handheld Devices ◽

The Internet ◽

Wideband Cdma ◽

Packet Data ◽

E Mail

With the introduction of the World Wide Web, electronic commerce has revolutionized traditional commerce and boosted sales and exchanges of merchandise and information. Recently, the emergence of wireless and mobile networks has made possible the admission of electronic commerce to a new application and research subject—mobile commerce, which is defined as the exchange or buying and selling of commodities, services, or information on the Internet through the use of mobile handheld devices. With services provided by mobile commerce, consumers may use the microbrowsers on their cellular phones or PDAs to buy tickets, order meals, locate and book local hotel rooms, even write contracts on the move. In just a few years, mobile commerce has emerged from nowhere to become the hottest new trend in business transactions. NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode (2003) is by far the most successful example of mobile commerce. Introduced in February 1999, i-mode has attracted over 36 million subscribers worldwide. With i-mode, cellular phone users can easily access more than 62,000 Internet sites, as well as specialized services such as e-mail, online shopping and banking, ticket reservations, and personalized ringing melodies that can be downloaded for their phones. The i-mode network structure not only provides access to i-mode and i-mode-compatible contents through the Internet, but also provides access through a dedicated leased-line circuit for added security. i-mode users are charged based on the volume of data transmitted, rather than the amount of time spent connected. In Spring 2001, NTT DoCoMo introduced its next-generation mobile system, based on wideband CDMA (W-CDMA), which can support speeds of 384Kbps or faster, allowing users to download videos and other bandwidth-intensive content with its high-speed packet data communications.

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An Electronic Commerce Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises

Data Warehousing and Web Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-931777-02-5.ch015 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 257-265

Author(s):

Anne Banks Pidduck ◽

Quang Ngoc Tran

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

Small Business ◽

Electronic Commerce ◽

World Wide ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

The Internet ◽

The World ◽

Medium Enterprises

The accessibility of the Internet and the World Wide Web has provided an excellent means for presenting, disseminating and distributing information. As well, this is a new and convenient channel for businesses to reach customers and other businesses. In this chapter, we describe an electronic commerce framework for small business. We discuss various services that a typical small business may want to provide its customers. Possible technologies to implement the services are examined and, finally, a prototype to generate such a model will be suggested.

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Uses and Gratifications for the World Wide Web

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch529 ◽

2005 ◽

pp. 2973-2977

Author(s):

Thomas F. Stafford

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

Electronic Commerce ◽

Internet Use ◽

World Wide ◽

Uses And Gratifications ◽

The Internet ◽

The World ◽

Important Purpose

It has always been important to understand what motivates consumers to use the Internet, since network use is a critical precursor to electronic commerce (Eighmey & McCord, 1998; Lohse & Spiller, 1998; Schonberg, Cofino, Hoch, Podlaseck & Spraragen, 2000). Without Internet use, there is no e-commerce use; this is much the same sort of issue that retailers study when trying to determine issues that motivate store visits. Internet use motivations, then, serve an important purpose in the understanding of e-commerce activities (Stafford, 2003b).

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Library Internet Resources: Conducting Performing Arts Research Online

Theatre Survey ◽

10.1017/s004055740000329x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 40 (1) ◽

pp. 97-104

Author(s):

Susan Brady

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Performing Arts ◽

World Wide ◽

The Internet ◽

Research Libraries ◽

The Past ◽

Internet Resources ◽

The World ◽

Electronic Access

Over the past decade academic and research libraries throughout the world have taken advantage of the enormous developments in communication technology to improve services to their users. Through the Internet and the World Wide Web researchers now have convenient electronic access to library catalogs, indexes, subject bibliographies, descriptions of manuscript and archival collections, and other resources. This brief overview illustrates how libraries are facilitating performing arts research in new ways.

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Public Access Technologies in Public Libraries: Effects and Implications

Information Technology and Libraries ◽

10.6017/ital.v28i2.3176 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 81 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

John Carlo Bertot

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

World Wide ◽

Public Libraries ◽

Public Access ◽

The Internet ◽

Access Technology ◽

Initial Development ◽

Early Adopters ◽

The World ◽

Computer Services

<span>Public libraries were early adopters of Internet-based technologies and have provided public access to the Internet and computers since the early 1990s. The landscape of public-access Internet and computing was substantially different in the 1990s as the World Wide Web was only in its initial development. At that time, public libraries essentially experimented with publicaccess Internet and computer services, largely absorbing this service into existing service and resource provision without substantial consideration of the management, facilities, staffing, and other implications of public-access technology (PAT) services and resources. This article explores the implications for public libraries of the provision of PAT and seeks to look further to review issues and practices associated with PAT provision resources. While much research focuses on the amount of public access that </span><span>public libraries provide, little offers a view of the effect of public access on libraries. This article provides insights into some of the costs, issues, and challenges associated with public access and concludes with recommendations that require continued exploration.</span>

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The Internet for Scientists and the World Wide Web for Scientists and Engineers: A Complete Reference for Navigating, Researching and Publishing Online

Physics Today ◽

10.1063/1.882414 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 51 (10) ◽

pp. 82-83

Author(s):

Kevin O'Donnell ◽

Larry Winger ◽

Brian J. Thomas ◽

Steven Bachrach

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

World Wide ◽

The Internet ◽

The World ◽

Scientists And Engineers

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A Simulation of the Structure of the World-Wide Web

Sociological Research Online ◽

10.5153/sro.684 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 9-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Moses Boudourides ◽

Gerasimos Antypas

Keyword(s):

World Wide Web ◽

Power Law ◽

Web Sites ◽

World Wide ◽

The Internet ◽

Web Pages ◽

Small Worlds ◽

Web Page ◽

Simple Simulation ◽

The World

In this paper we are presenting a simple simulation of the Internet World-Wide Web, where one observes the appearance of web pages belonging to different web sites, covering a number of different thematic topics and possessing links to other web pages. The goal of our simulation is to reproduce the form of the observed World-Wide Web and of its growth, using a small number of simple assumptions. In our simulation, existing web pages may generate new ones as follows: First, each web page is equipped with a topic concerning its contents. Second, links between web pages are established according to common topics. Next, new web pages may be randomly generated and subsequently they might be equipped with a topic and be assigned to web sites. By repeated iterations of these rules, our simulation appears to exhibit the observed structure of the World-Wide Web and, in particular, a power law type of growth. In order to visualise the network of web pages, we have followed N. Gilbert's (1997) methodology of scientometric simulation, assuming that web pages can be represented by points in the plane. Furthermore, the simulated graph is found to possess the property of small worlds, as it is the case with a large number of other complex networks.

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