Worldwide media tablet sales to cross 54 million units next year, says Gartner report - October 18, 2010
Technology research services firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a report, which forecasts that worldwide media tablet sales to end users will reach 19.5 million units in 2010. Media tablets are poised for strong growth with worldwide end user sales projected to total 54.8 million units… Read More
University of Southampton/EPrints to launch OA Mandate Adoption Challenge for OA Week - October 18, 2010
University of Southampton/EPrints is launching a week-long Open Access (OA) Mandate Adoption Challenge for the OA Week. On October 18, the first day of OA Week, the results of a study will be published in PLoS ONE demonstrating that the well-known higher… Read More
IPA statement calls for better cooperation among governments when managing digital migration - October 18, 2010
The International Publishers Association (IPA) officially adopted a statement, asking governments for better cooperation when managing the digital migration in education, at the recently concluded Frankfurt Book Fair. The policy statement seeks to outline the unique role that independent, competitive and entrepreneurial publishers play in improving… Read More
Taylor & Francis to publish Virtual and Physical Prototyping online only from 2011 - October 18, 2010
Publisher Taylor & Francis, UK, has announced that the journal Virtual and Physical Prototyping will be published online only from 2011. The journal is currently published in print and online formats and will launch its online only edition with Volume 6 in 2011. Taking full advantage… Read More
Association for Computing Machinery journal to evaluate SciVee PubCast - October 18, 2010
SciVee, a video platform solutions provider to the STM market, has announced that the Association for Computing Machinery has agreed to assess the SciVee video platform for its flagship publication, Communications of the ACM. Communications of the ACM claims to be the… Read More
UBM Medica acquires OBGYN.net - October 18, 2010
UBM Medica, part of United Business Media Plc, US, has announced that it has acquired the website OBGYN.net from MediSpecialty.com, Inc. OBGYN.net is a women's health website for obstetrics and gynecology professionals and patients. The site provides article-based and multimedia content generated… Read More
