Elsevier and Peking University Health Science announce new initiative for Chinese market - May 27, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier has announced a new initiative for the Chinese market which involves the establishment of a strategic collaboration with Peking University Health Science Center School of Distance Learning for Medical Education (PUHSC). Beijing MEDTIME Technology Development Co., Ltd, a company affiliated to PUHSC, and… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell announces mobile access for Essential Evidence Plus - May 27, 2010
STM and scholarly publisher Wiley-Blackwell, US, has announced that its evidence-based clinical decision support product, Essential Evidence Plus (EE+), is now accessible from mobile devices. Physicians on the move can now easily find answers to challenging point-of-care questions from their iPhone, IPod Touch, Android, Blackberry or… Read More
FDA to collaborate with Drugs.com to expand access to consumer health information - May 27, 2010
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will collaborate with the website Drugs.com to expand access to the FDA's consumer health information. Drugs.com seeks to provide patients with information to better manage their own healthcare and to assist in the reduction of medication… Read More
Google ties up with American Booksellers Association for digital books - May 27, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, and the American Booksellers Association (ABA) have reportedly formed a partnership. The partnership was announced at a session on Google Editions at the BookExpo America 2010 during the ABA Day of Education with ABA COO Len Vlahos and Tom… Read More
Increasing number of web users to join social networking, says eMarketer report - May 27, 2010
Business information provider eMarketer has released a new report titled 'Social Network Demographics and Usage.' eMarketer estimates that 57.5 percent of Internet users will use a social network at least once a month in 2010. Usage of social networking sites is seen to have risen sharply… Read More
SAGE and RTVJ Division of AEJMC partner to publish Electronic News - May 27, 2010
Academic publisher SAGE has partnered with the Radio-Television Journalism Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) to publish the latter's official journal, Electronic News. A quarterly journal, Electronic News is devoted to advancing knowledge and understanding of news as disseminated through… Read More