Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for monitoring rides in a vehicle in which a driver of the vehicle picks up a rider at a pickup location and drives the rider to a drop-off destination. The system includes at least one sensor arranged in the vehicle and configured to capture sensor data during the rides, a transceiver configured to communicate with a personal electronic device of a driver of the vehicle, a non-volatile memory configured to store data; and a processor. The system captures sensor data during a ride, receives a ride identifier from the personal electronic device that uniquely identifies the ride, and stores the sensor data captured during the ride with the ride identifier as metadata.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dynamic rendering for hybrid apps. One of the methods includes receiving user input navigating to a first view of an application; determining, using a navigation hierarchy stored on the mobile device, to render the first view using a native rendering engine native to the mobile device; receiving an update to the navigation hierarchy from a server; after receiving the update, receiving user input navigating to the first view; and determining, using the update to the navigation hierarchy from the server, to render the first view using an open rendering engine that is not native to the mobile device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dynamic rendering for hybrid apps. One of the methods includes receiving user input navigating to a first view of an application; determining, using a navigation hierarchy stored on the mobile device, to render the first view using a native rendering engine native to the mobile device; receiving an update to the navigation hierarchy from a server; after receiving the update, receiving user input navigating to the first view; and determining, using the update to the navigation hierarchy from the server, to render the first view using an open rendering engine that is not native to the mobile device.

Abstract: A method is provided for selectively displaying locations on a map based on a user's social graph. Place references are aggregated from a plurality of applications on the device. The user's social graph is obtained from a social network. Socially relevant place references are determined by parsing the place references to identify participant references and matching at least one participant reference in a place reference to a relevant participant on the user's social graph. When a search request for a location is received on the device, the location results are filtered to only those results matching a socially relevant place reference. These filtered location results are displayable on a map. A programmed mobile device is also provided for carrying out the method.

Abstract: A method is provided for publishing photographs taken on a mobile device. Sensor data is obtained from at least one sensor in communication with the mobile device with respect to a context of the mobile device or the user. When a photograph is taken by the user, the photograph is automatically uploaded to a predefined profile of the user on a social network. Aspects of the sensor data are also published on the profile as contextual information. The photograph and contextual information are implicitly published and shared in a fully-formed fashion. A programmed mobile device is also provided for carrying out the method.

Abstract: A method is provided for selectively displaying device events based on a user's social graph using a programmed computing device. Device events are aggregated from a plurality of applications on the device. The user's social graph is obtained and stored from a social network. The social graph has nodes that identify participants and in which the user is a participant. The device events are then parsed to identify participant references. At least one participant reference in a device event is matched to a relevant participant on the user's social graph. An interface is provided through which the participant can be displayed with the at least one device event matched to the participant.