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Proximity: A Real-Time, Location Aware Social Web Application Built with Node.js and AngularJS

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Mobile Web Information Systems (MobiWIS 2013)

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We demonstrate Proximity, a real time social web application built with avant-garde open source tools that make true real-time web communications, cross-platform compatibility, rapid development and service efficiency, possible.

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  1. Department of Telecommunications Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Tripoli, Greece

    Ioannis K. Chaniotis, Kyriakos-Ioannis D. Kyriakou & Nikolaos D. Tselikas

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  1. Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento, 38123, Povo, TN, Italy

    Florian Daniel

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, 1 University Avenue, Nicosia, Cyprus

    George A. Papadopoulos

  3. PReCISE Research Center, University of Namur, 5000, Belgium

    Philippe Thiran

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Chaniotis, I.K., Kyriakou, KI.D., Tselikas, N.D. (2013). Proximity: A Real-Time, Location Aware Social Web Application Built with Node.js and AngularJS. In: Daniel, F., Papadopoulos, G.A., Thiran, P. (eds) Mobile Web Information Systems. MobiWIS 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8093. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40276-0_23

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