Experimenting through mobile 'Apps' and 'App stores'

International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 55-70

  Coulton, Paul ^a   Bamford, Will ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

App stores; Apps; Games; In the large; Mobile

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USER INTERFACES;

APP STORES; CONTINUED USE; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GAMES; LAB TESTING; MOBILE; NUMBER OF ACTIVE USERS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84877887017     PISSN: 1942390X     EISSN: 19423918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jmhci.2011100104     Document Type: Article

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