In our previous issue ( Ref: Network Computing Issue 97 – October 2018 ), we introduced the newly designed CityU Mobile v2, covering the enhanced UI design, the technologies used in the core, as well as new capabilities like checking room availability, retrieving library loan records, etc. These new ...

It is very common nowadays for students and staff to access research data, journals and courses online offered by other education institutions or companies over the Internet. The access usually requires users to sign up and create different user accounts. This article will detail how the Computing ...

It has been more than a decade since Apple launched the first iPhone. Since then, the growth of the mobile landscape has never ceased. In 2018, there are 3.5 billion active smartphones worldwide, and it is estimated to reach 5 billion by 2023, which is equivalent to 65% of the global population [1] ...

There could be many reasons to start a web project: a new initiative, a new campaign, a new policy, headship turnover in the department where the websites are designated to; the web masters left the University and therefore lack of support; or when the company supporting the website does not deliver ...

Location Services Location services system has been around for quite a number of years, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) and GSM. Unfortunately, they do not work well indoors because of signal characteristics and coverage. With the proliferation of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and the mobile devices, the ...

Why to Migrate With the evolution of best practices and IT Service Management (ITSM), the Computing Services Centre (CSC) has been planning for years to upgrade its IT Service Automation platform. The old Help Desk System has been used since 2001. The plan is to migrate from an on-premises ...

? The CityU central web servers (www.pd4n48r.xyz and www6.cityu.edu.hk) are load-balanced web farms, which provide high availability services to the communities. In case any server instance of a web farm is unavailable (due to errors or maintenance), other server instances of the same web farm can ...

Users have different preferences on using Internet browsers. Preferences may vary from place to place and change over time. We share with you the usage statistics collected in four scenarios. (1) Browser preferences of users accessing the City University Homepage The bar chart below depicts the ...

Phishing email spreads over the Internet from time to time. You may have received suspicious email telling you that your computer account has problems/will expire/has exceeded quota/etc. and requires you to verify your identity by clicking on a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to a web page, and then ...

There's no doubt that nowadays mobile devices already become one of our essential gadgets, and we spend hours daily on these devices to consume news, socializing, gaming or work. According to a study [1] in March 2015, the digital media time people spent on mobile devices (phones and tablets) ...