edWeb.net launches new online community to explore eBooks for K-12 education - 31 Aug 2010 edWeb.net, a professional social network for the education community, has announced the launch of a new community 'Exploring eBooks for K-12'. This is a forum where educators and industry executives can connect and collaborate together to discuss the evolution of this new technology and its potential for use with students and in the classroom. The 'Exploring eBooks for K-12' Community is sponsored by Neal Goff, the founder of consulting firm Egremont Associates and former president of Weekly Reader. The community has already acquired over 130 members. These include teachers, superintendents, librarians, media specialists, principals, technology directors, publishers, educational associations, and more. Members are also joining from around the world. The community is already engaged in an active dialogue projected to help all members gain a better understanding of the opportunities, needs, and obstacles in adopting eBooks in education. Search for more networking / collaborating platforms

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 30 Aug 2010 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Erik Sherman (Google and Microsoft Fight for Search Future - Whatever It May Be); Kent Anderson (Today's UK Researchers: E-journals Dominate, Access Not an Issue, Skimming Increasing); Joe Wikert (Why Are eReader Apps Stuck in the DOS Era?); Jeevan Padiyar (Is Your Survey Data Lying to You?); and Michael Clarke (The SSP IN Conference - An INfernal Event!. Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here

Google continues to pursue social-networking capabilities, acquires Angstro - 30 Aug 2010 Internet search services provider Google Inc. has reportedly acquired Internet company Angstro. Google has confirmed the acquisition. However, it declined to comment on how it planned to use Angstro technologies. Financial terms were also not disclosed. This acquisition is seen to be part of Google's efforts to build a social-networking service that can effectively compete with Facebook Inc. Rohit Khare, one of the founders of the company, will now serve Google in a new role. The move is the latest in a series of acquisitions by Google aimed at boosting its social-networking offerings. Angstro marks the fourth company acquired by Google this month. Earlier during the month, Google bought Slide, a social games developer; Jambool, developer of the Solid Gold virtual currency platform that competes with Facebook Credits; and Like.com, a visual shopping engine. Search for more Google information

Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - 23 Aug 2010 The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: Kent Anderson (Teaching the End of Print - Using Books Poised on the Edge of Oblivion); Joe Wikert (The Truth About Paid Models); Jonny Evans (Amazon, Google, Apple define the future of publishing); and Philip Davis (Using Books Poised on the Edge of Oblivion). Blogspeak includes blog posts relevant to the publishing industry, particularly STM publishing. Subscribers are invited to participate in the latest edition of Blogspeak Here

TVG adds AusBiotech, General Biologic and NPG as strategic partners - 19 Aug 2010 Life science networking company Technology Vision Group LLC (TVG), US, has announced plans to expand its Global Life Science Network, providing clients with partnering opportunities and support from local and regional industry organisations in over 70 countries. New collaborations in 2010 include AusBiotech, General Biologic (GBI) and Nature Publishing Group (NPG) - expanding the TVG network into Australia, China, and providing recent content to TVG clients' desktops through NPG's BioPharma Dealmakers e-newsletter. AusBiotech is Australia's biotechnology industry organisation, which represents over 3,000 members, covering the human health, agricultural, medical device, bioinformatics, environmental and industrial sectors in biotechnology. Its annual conference, AusBiotech 2010, is claimed to be the premier biotechnology industry conference in the Asia Pacific region. With its theme, 'Creating Global Solutions', the event is expected to bring together key industry experts working on various biotechnology solutions. Conference attendees will access a global business network in person and online through TVG's biopartnering.com community - an online meeting venue connecting attendees before, during and after the conference. GBI is an information and professional services firm focused on China's pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. Its information products, including its flagship online data product SOURCE, seek to provide competitive and market intelligence to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare companies, and a select group of investors, consultants, law firms and financial analysts. NPG publishes journals, online databases and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences and clinical medicine. BioPharma Dealmakers is a new bi-weekly e-newsletter that brings recent content, freely available, from the journals Nature Biotechnology, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery and Nature Medicine. The content of the newsletter includes news and analysis at the intersection of academia and business and the science and strategy behind the deals. It provides profiles of big companies in search of partners to fill a particular niche, and profiles of smaller companies looking for larger partners, to work towards a mutually beneficial partnership. TVG's Global Life Science Network seek to connect an international consortium of regional trade and business development organisations focused on promoting the growth of the life science and biotechnology industries worldwide. Regional affiliates are said to include important industry associations and government institutions in every major biotech hub across 13 countries. Search for more networking / collaborating platforms