W3C issues best practices to create smarter mobile web applications - December 15, 2010
The World Wide Web Consortium has announced a new standard that will make it easier for developers and content providers to create mobile Web applications. The Mobile Web Application Best Practices, published as a W3C Recommendation, offers practical advice from many mobile Web stakeholders for the… Read More
OCLC files motion to dismiss case alleging anticompetitive practices - December 15, 2010
OCLC has filed a motion in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to dismiss a lawsuit filed by SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. against OCLC. On July 28, 2010, SkyRiver Technology Solutions and Innovative Interfaces, Inc. filed a suit… Read More
Elsevier Executable Paper Grand Challenge to improve how scientific information is communicated and used - December 15, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has launched a new competition that invites scientists to improve how data intensive research is represented in a scholarly journal article. The Elsevier Executable Paper Grand Challenge is designed to enhance how scientific information is used and communicated… Read More
SPARC, ACRL announce speakers for forum on changing state of open-access journal publishing - December 15, 2010
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) have announced the speakers for a panel discussion on 'Marketplace: Open Access and the changing state of scholarly publishing'. The event is being held in… Read More
Springer announces API Challenge 1.0 - December 15, 2010
STM publisher Springer has announced the Springer API (Application Programming Interface) Challenge 1.0, a competition for original, non-commercial applications using Springer metadata and content APIs. The Challenge is a bid to offer users new ways to find, visualise, and manipulate relevant data drawn from Springer's large… Read More
Special issue of Proceedings of the IEEE focuses Sensor Networks and Applications - December 15, 2010
Technical professional association IEEE has released a special issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE, a highly-cited general interest journal in electrical engineering and computer science. A network more powerful than the Internet, while perhaps inconceivable right now, is just one of many potentially life-changing applications… Read More
