Informascope apps to enhance searching in Elsevier’s SciVerse suite - November 16, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of the Izmir Institute of Technology Catalog Viewer, the Bilkent University Catalog Viewer and Citationer. Both Catalog Viewer applications allow users to search within Elsevier's SciVerse suite and the two universities' online catalogues simultaneously. Citationer inserts citation counts… 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
JISC project with Learning Registry on social media tech for educational content - November 9, 2011
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has announced that the nation will participate in a global experiment based on the social media technology behind Twitter and Facebook. The project seeks to find out how the social activity around online educational content can be captured and… Read More
Swets releases first Serials Price Increase Report for 2012 - November 9, 2011
Information services provider Swets, Netherlands, has announced that the first Serials Price Increase Report for 2012 is now available for all customers at the Swets website. An additional historical report, providing an overview of prices from 2001 onwards, is also available for customers. Every year,… Read More
Kindle Cloud Reader made available on Mozilla Firefox - November 9, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced that Kindle Cloud Reader, the HTML5-based web app that lets customers read their Kindle books in their web browser, is now available for Mozilla Firefox. Firefox users can now start reading their Kindle books instantly, simply by opening… Read More
Online Information 2011 event to focus on key issues faced by info industry - November 7, 2011
Incisive Media, UK, organiser of Online Information 2011, has announced the full free seminar programme scheduled to take place at this year's event. The programme is projected as being comprehensive, boasting major industry figures while addressing the most burning issues currently facing the industry including those… Read More
