How Mobile Disrupts and Opens Up Social as We Know It
Every computer revolution changes our lives dramatically; so
will mobile devices. Mobile devices
enable billions of people to capture, share, interact, and consume real-time
personal media in new and creative ways. In addition, being devices owned by
individuals, they can form an autonomous computing fabric that frees us from
the domination of existing centralized proprietary social networking services.
The MobiSocial Computing Laboratory at Stanford has created
a system called Musubi to demonstrate such a possibility. Musubi includes a group-chat capability that
allows groups of friends to exchange media with each other in real time. With the help of a secure real-time messaging
service, shared data are sent and stored directly on individuals' phones. Users
have full control of their data, as they can select their own backup service.
More importantly, Musubi is also an attractive social app platform that helps
apps spread through friends, without necessarily disclosing friends' identities
to third-party apps. It enables a new class of viral and easy-to-create social
apps that honors users’ privacy. Musubi is currently available, along with
several representative apps for both Android and the iOS in their respective
app stores.
Take part of a very interesting presentation and debate on
how mobile will disrupt and open up social as we know it today.
When?
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Where?
Clark Auditorium is in the James H. Clark Center, Stanford
VIP code for members of the Stanford community
You are welcome to sign up FREE of charge by applying the
discount code "VIPStanford" to the affiliated membership ticket!
For details see the invitation
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