Continuing with the theme of my other bookmarks, this is a lengthy but accessible report by the US Center for International Media Assistance on how mobile devices are changing society and information seeking habits. I don't know about you, but I would have no idea where to dine out were it not for my Yelp app!

This is a pdf slide presentation of a study that Google and IPSOS completed in 2011 based on some of the ways in which smartphones and wireless devices are changing daily behaviours. While there is not a great deal of analysis and interpretation in this study, some of the statistics that have been gathered are staggering.

Based on subjective research and personal interests, I am thinking about gathering information on the ways in which mobile devices and apps are changing day-to-day behaviour for my final SI project. This European consortium - comprised of the Italian National Research Council, Cardiff University, the University of Cambridge, the University of Athens, Institut Eurecom, the University of Oxford, and the University of Aveiro - "explores how social networks can be exploited for the delivery and acquisition of content, including issues of security and trust". They also specialize in studying how "mobile peer to peer" networks are changing the ways in which people interact and learn.