MobiTop: bringing topic-based reflection to mobile browsing habits.

The advancement in wireless Internet access and mobile devices has made online content consumption a spontaneous and habitual activity. Content browsing in mobile devices often starts without a clear purpose and continues for a long time. The browsing history in mobile devices is not merely a record of URL accesses but is becoming a comprehensive reflection of users due to the frequent usage of the phone, which is connected to user's interest and information needs. In this paper, we motivate the use of mobile browsing history as an important source for personal informatics systems and present MobiTop, a novel self-reflection tool for understanding the browsing habits.