Amazon launches Amazon Appstore for Android - March 24, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced the launch of the Amazon Appstore for Android at www.amazon.com/appstore. An innovative new feature called 'Test Drive' will enable customers to test apps on a simulated Android phone. Customers control the app through their computer using a mouse.… Read More
Gale to preserve three more collections to the Portico archive - March 24, 2011
Gale, part of Cengage Learning, and non-profit electronic archiving service provider Portico, US, has announced Gale will be preserving three additional digital historical collections with Portico. This follows the completed ingest of 10 Gale Digital Collections - including 19th Century U.S. Newspapers,… Read More
Elsevier names Ron Mobed as CEO of Science and Technology Division - March 24, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the appointment of Ron Mobed as Chief Executive Officer, Science and Technology, based in Amsterdam. Mobed joins Elsevier from Cengage Learning, where he was President of the Academic & Professional group, and from Information Handling Services (IHS), where he… Read More
Sheridan Digital Select streamlines digital print ordering - March 24, 2011
Print and publishing services provider The Sheridan Press has introduced Sheridan Digital Select, an online ordering interface that seeks to offer greater convenience to publishers ordering digitally produced perfect-bound publications. This interface represents a significant enhancement to Sheridan's rapidly expanding state-of-the-art digital print platform. Publisher print-on-demand… Read More
Attention Subscribers – www.myscoope.com lets you access Knowledgespeak using your mobile devices - March 24, 2011
Mobile access for Knowledgespeak is now available via our new beta application, SCOOPE STM Mobile. Subscribers on the move can now gain easy access to Knowledgespeak through a reader-friendly mobile phone interface. This application is uniquely available in two versions:… Read More
US judge rules against Google Book Settlement Agreement citing antitrust concerns - March 23, 2011
A US judge recently rejected the Google Book Settlement Agreement, a proposed deal between Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, and the book industry that would have put millions of volumes online, media reports have indicated. He cited antitrust concerns and… Read More
