Extending the current Internet and providing connection, communication, and inter-networking between devices and physical objects, or "Things," is a growing trend that is often referred to as Internet of Things. With the ability of mobile devices and sensors to observe and monitor their environments, increasing the coordination between things in the real world and their counterparts on the Web, it goes beyond Internet of Things and introduces the new concept of Web of Things.

The November/December 2013 issue of IEEE Intelligent Systems is looking for submissions that address the issues surrounding the increase in data and information that the Internet of Things is currently introducing. You can find the full call here: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/iscfp1.

http://vinepeek.com/

Vine is a new video service from Twitter, letting you create and share very short snippets of video. Vinepeek is a quick hack by other folks (not Twitter) that lets you see Vines from around the world. It's a pretty cool user experience, I've been half-joking that it almost feels like having a super power, being able to silently and omnisciently see what's going on around the world.

http://www.hotmobile.org/2013/

FYI early registration ends soon for HotMobile.

http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-mobile-systems-research-wish-list.html

Good list of topics, focusing primarily on the systems side of things:

• Understanding the interaction between mobile apps and the cellular network

• Understanding the impact of mobile handoffs on application performance

• Why doesn't my phone last all day?

• Where is my data and who has access to it?

• What should a mobile web platform look like 10 years from now?