IMS Health and Ford Motor Company launch enhanced Allergy Alert smartphone app - August 10, 2012
IMS Health, a US-based provider of information, services and technology for the healthcare industry, in collaboration with Ford Motor Company, has launched an enhanced Allergy Alert smartphone application. The app is accessible on the Ford SYNC in-car mobile device connectivity system, enabling drivers to obtain real-time,… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education and Time To Know partner to develop digital teaching platform for K-12 schools - August 10, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced an exclusive licensing agreement with educational innovator Time To Know to develop an all-digital, data-driven differentiated teaching and learning platform for one-to-one computing classrooms. This partnership will combine McGraw-Hill Education's proven content and educational… Read More
American Library Association releases ‘Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries’ report - August 9, 2012
The American Library Association (ALA) has released 'Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries (PDF),' a report that describes general features and attributes of the current e-book environment and outlines constraints and restrictions of current business models. The report, which was created by the ALA Digital Content… Read More
CERN to display Large Hadron Collider, Divine Particle at Frankfurt Book Fair - August 9, 2012
Book and media fair Frankfurt Book Fair has announced that researchers from European atomic research organisation CERN will participate in this year's event from October 10-14. The researchers, using the largest particle accelerator in the world, the LHC - Large Hadron Collider, are seeking to go… Read More
McGraw-Hill Education acquires math teaching tech provider Key Curriculum - August 3, 2012
McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., US, has announced the acquisition of Key Curriculum, a privately held developer of mathematics learning technology in the K-12 and higher education markets. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition of Key Curriculum… Read More
E-book consumers are becoming more diverse in their format preferences, says BISG Study - August 1, 2012
E-book consumers are becoming more diverse in their format preferences, says the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s closely-watched Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading report. The third installment in Volume Three of this Bowker-powered study shows that the percentage of e-book consumers who exclusively or mostly purchase… Read More
