Google to pay $22.5 million to settle FTC charges on misrepresentation to Safari users - August 10, 2012
Internet search services provider Google Inc., US, has agreed to pay a record $22.5 million civil penalty to settle US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges. According to the charges, Google misrepresented to users of Apple Inc.'s Safari Internet browser that it would not place tracking "cookies"… Read More
Ron Mobed, CEO, Elsevier Science & Technology appointed CEO, Elsevier - August 10, 2012
Professional information solutions provider Reed Elsevier has announced the appointment of Ron Mobed as CEO of Elsevier. In his new capacity Mobed will be responsible for all business units and shared services at Elsevier. He previously headed Elsevier's science and technology business. Prior to joining… 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
Taylor & Francis and NISC announce co-publishing agreement - August 10, 2012
Academic publisher Taylor & Francis has announced that it has been appointed to publish the South African Journal of Plant and Soil from 2012 together with specialist South African co-publisher NISC. This new partnership brings changes including the creation of a new site for the… Read More
Mike Walsh, Rosalind Picard to give keynote addresses at DESIGN East event - August 10, 2012
UBM Electronics, a US-based provider of media and marketing solutions for the design engineering and the electronics industry, has announced that Mike Walsh and Prof. Rosalind Picard will deliver keynote addresses at DESIGN East, a design engineering conference and exhibition to be held in Boston in… Read More
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
