Android to pose no major challenge to Apple dominance in tablets, says Forrester report - March 7, 2012
Independent research company Forrester Research, US, has published a new report that says more than 112 million Americans - one-third of the US adult population - will own a tablet by 2016. With Apple reportedly set to announce its next-generation iPad, the Forrester report shows no… Read More
NFAIS to hold workshop on delivery of information via mobile devices - March 7, 2012
The US' National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) will hold a one-day workshop, Mobile Devices and the Delivery of Information: An Update, on March 16, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA from 9:00am – 4:00pm EST. Virtual attendance is optional for those unable to travel to Philadelphia… Read More
Gartner predicts greater employee use of social media sites for corporate IAM - March 6, 2012
Technology research firm Gartner, Inc., US, has announced that fewer than 30 percent of large organisations will block employee access to social media sites by 2014, compared with 50 percent in 2010. The number of organisations blocking access to all social media is dropping by around… Read More
American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation releases App for the iPad - March 5, 2012
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, has announced that the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (AJPM&R) has released the new AJPM&R for the iPad app. The journal is the official journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP). The… Read More
Blackboard and Datatel+SGHE announce strategic partnership to integrate Colleague with Blackboard Learn 9.1 - March 2, 2012
Enterprise technology and innovative solutions provider Blackboard Inc, US, and Datatel+SGHE have announced a strategic partnership to integrate Colleague with Blackboard Learn 9.1 through Datatel+SGHE’s Intelligent Learning Platform (ILP). The planned integration will make it easier for institutions to manage information from their administrative and academic… Read More
E-book consumers drive sales via apps and online retailers, says BISG Study - March 1, 2012
E-book consumers are increasing their purchase of books - both print and e-book formats - online and especially through in-app purchasing, and decreasing their use of brick-and-mortar stores, according to the Book Industry Study Group (BISG)'s Consumer Attitudes Toward E-Book Reading survey. The first instalment in… Read More
