Worldwide mobile app revenue to reach $15.1 billion - February 3, 2011
Technology research services firm Gartner, Inc., US, recently released a report titled 'Forecast: Mobile Application Stores, Worldwide, 2008-2014'. According to the report, worldwide mobile application store downloads are forecast to reach 17.7 billion downloads in 2011. This is a 117 percent increase… Read More
CLOCKSS and Springer announce preservation agreement - February 3, 2011
CLOCKSS, a not for profit joint venture between the world's leading scholarly publishers and research libraries, has announced a partnership with STM publisher Springer Science+Business Media. The deal is to preserve over 32,000 e-books in CLOCKSS's geographically and geopolitically distributed network of… Read More
Medical journal bans advertisements paid for by pharmaceutical companies - February 3, 2011
Australian medical journal Emergency Medicine Australasia has reportedly stopped all drug advertising forthwith over concerns that it could unduly influence doctors. The journal has called on similar publications to do the same. Emergency Medicine Australasia is the journal of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. … Read More
Paris hosts Sixth Global Congress on combating counterfeiting and piracy - February 3, 2011
Over 800 delegates from intergovernmental organisations, national governments, enforcement agencies and business from more than 100 countries have assembled in Paris to address the serious global impact of the growing trade in counterfeit and pirated goods and the need to build respect for intellectual property in a balanced and sustainable… Read More
UBM TechWeb’s Cloud Connect to tackle key IT issues - February 3, 2011
Business information provider UBM TechWeb, US, has announced that Cloud Connect 2011, a technology event for cloud computing, will look at where clouds are headed and how they will shape IT strategy in the coming decade. The event, scheduled for March 7-10, 2011, at the Santa… Read More
SAE International and IGI Global announce strategic publishing partnership - February 3, 2011
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, US, and IGI Global have agreed to a strategic partnership that will enable SAE International to sell selected IGI Global ebooks. Some of the titles just made available on SAE's website are: Movement-aware Applications for Sustainable Mobility: Technologies… Read More
