Google may acquire visual search firm Like.com - August 17, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is reportedly set to acquire Like.com, a visual search and e-commerce company that lets users search for products using images. Media reports estimate the deal size at $100 million. This is not the first time that Google has looked… Read More
QuadraMed and CPMRC partner to provide evidence-based clinical content - August 17, 2010
Healthcare technologies and services provider QuadraMed has announced a partnership with Clinical Practice Model Resource Center (CPMRC), an Elsevier firm engaged in developing clinical practice guidelines for healthcare. Under the deal, CPMRC will provide QuadraMed's clients with nursing and allied health clinical documentation, care planning, and… Read More
Ariadne, Cellecta and Roswell Park Cancer Institute collaborate to develop knowledgebase of prostate-specific pathway models - August 17, 2010
Bioinformatics software solutions provider Ariadne, US, has announced a joint collaboration with Cellecta and Roswell Park Cancer Institute to develop a comprehensive knowledgebase of prostate-specific pathway models. The project, partially sponsored by an NCI SBIR Phase 1 grant, uses Cellecta's siRNA library screening system for a… Read More
Google acquires Jambool’s Solid Gold virtual currency platform - August 16, 2010
Internet search services provider Google Inc. has announced that it has acquired Jambool, developer of the Solid Gold virtual currency platform that competes with Facebook Credits. Jambool CEO Vikas Gupta and CTO Reza Hussein, who previously worked on Amazon.com, announced the deal in a company blog… Read More
PLoS goes live with Editorial Manager for PLoS ONE publication - August 16, 2010
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced that Public Library of Science (PLoS) has gone live with Editorial Manager for its PLoS ONE publication, with additional PLoS publications to follow in the coming months. The system launch in July, 2010 was the result… Read More
Newsbank partnership takes news content on EDS to over 100 million articles - August 13, 2010
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing, US, has announced that the amount of news content in its EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) has grown to more than 100 million articles since January 2010 from its partnership with Newsbank alone. Additional news content sources and the addition of… Read More
ICIS announces joint venture with MRC, extends presence in Russian market - August 13, 2010
Global chemicals information provider ICIS is extending its presence in the Russian plastics market through a joint venture with specialist Former Soviet Union (FSU) based benchmark price provider Market Report Company Group (MRC). To mark the launch of their collaboration, ICIS and MRC will hold a… Read More
Thomson Reuters to make Web of Science data to researchers via Primo Central - August 12, 2010
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, US, has announced that Thomson Reuters will make its collections directly accessible to Web of Knowledge subscribers via the Primo Central mega-aggregate of scholarly e-content. With Primo Central, users simultaneously search locally managed collections and global e-content and receive search… Read More
BMJ Group opts for ScholarOne Manuscripts as peer review tool - August 11, 2010
Information services provider Thomson Reuters, US, has announced that the BMJ Group, UK, has selected the former's ScholarOne Manuscripts as the peer review workflow management system for all of its journals. BMJ Group publishes 33 specialist titles apart from the British Medical… Read More
Unbound Medicine unveils Family Drug Guide with ASHP and Consumers Union - August 11, 2010
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced the release of Family Drug Guide, a mobile and web drug information resource for consumers. The resource has been released in collaboration with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and… Read More
