W3C announces first draft of standard for online privacy - November 15, 2011
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published two first drafts - Tracking Preference Expression (DNT) and Tracking Compliance and Scope Specification - for standards that allow users to express preferences about online tracking. With this move, the consortium seeks to address rising concerns about privacy… Read More
Amazon’s Kindle Fire is most popular Android tablet in North America, says IDC survey - November 15, 2011
Appcelerator, an integrated mobile platform for rapidly developing native and HTML5 mobile web applications using open web technologies, and analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) have announced results from a new joint survey of 2,160 Appcelerator developers around the world. Findings reveal that Amazon's new… Read More
EBSCO Discovery Service named silver winner in Best New Service of the Year in Best in Biz Awards - November 14, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has announced that the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) has been named the silver winner in Best New Service of the Year in Best in Biz Awards. The awards are the only national business awards programme judged by members… Read More
Access Knowledgespeak using your smartphones and mobile devices via Myscoope.com - November 14, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available in a mobile browser version and a Java application version. Smartphones and Tablets – We publish a mobile browser version for smartphones and tablet PCs. This is accessible at www.myscoope.com, a site designed specifically for all types of… Read More
Alabama Medicaid and the State of Alabama partners with Thomson Reuters to build infrastructure for state-wide HIE - November 14, 2011
Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the Alabama Medicaid and the State of Alabama are partnering with the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters to build the infrastructure for a state-wide health information exchange (HIE). The initiative is expected to improve the quality of… Read More
Latest edition of Blogspeak now online - November 14, 2011
The latest edition of Blogspeak is now online. Featured are: David Crotty (The White House Calls for Information on Public Access to Publications and Data); DigitalNZ Blog (Whose books? Google's books); Vincent Tan (Ebooks and Publishing, who do you trust and why?); Joe Wikert (What if Every eBook Could be… Read More
