Tweets reflect sentiments put forth by public opinion polls, says study - May 12, 2010
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have reported that a computer analysis of sentiments expressed in a billion Twitter messages during 2008-09 yielded measures of consumer confidence and of presidential job approval similar to those of well-established public opinion polls. The findings suggest that analysing the text in… Read More
Microsoft FUSE Labs to introduce service to consolidate social networks - May 5, 2010
Microsoft's FUSE Labs, the research arm of enterprise software firm Microsoft Corp., US, reportedly unveiled Spindex, a new social networking project, at the recent Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Spindex aims to aggregate and streamline social networks into a single console to help users interact… Read More
Cisco Press launches first iPhone/iPad networking technology Apps for IT professionals - April 28, 2010
Cisco Press, a publishing alliance between Cisco Systems and the Pearson Education division of Pearson plc, has announced the launch of its first iPhone/iPad networking technology Apps, for IT professionals interested in general networking, networking security, or IP Video. The new Apps complement the suite of… Read More
Three new state sites added to WebJunction community - February 9, 2010
WebJunction, an online learning community for librarians and library staff, is working with the State Library of North Carolina, the Missouri State Library, and HSLC/Access PA to launch three new state sites - WebJunction–North Carolina, WebJunction–Missouri and WebJunction–Pennsylvania. Library staff in these states will now gain… Read More
ProQuest unveils online community for atmospheric scientists - January 21, 2010
Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, UK, has launched a new online community, AtmosPeer, designed specifically for researchers, scholars, librarians and students in the atmospheric science community. AtmosPeer (www.atmospeer.net) seeks to connect atmospheric scientists to not only their colleagues, but also to… Read More
Beyond Search survey brings out top 10 trends in 2010 for strategic social network use - December 29, 2009
Beyond Search, a Web log focused on news, research and analysis about online search and content processing, has released its list of top 10 social network trends to come in 2010. According to the survey, social networks will have far reaching impacts on hiring, competitive intelligence,… Read More
Rare scientific manuscripts from Britain’s Royal Society go online - November 30, 2009
The UK’s Royal Society has announced that historic manuscripts by scientists such as Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and others will be published online for the first time. As part of celebrations to mark its 350th anniversary, the society will make original manuscripts of papers published… Read More
Springer offers open access to papers by 2009 Nobel Prize laureates on SpringerLink - November 12, 2009
STM publisher Springer, Germany, has announced that it is offering all journal articles and book chapters written by this year’s Nobel Prize laureates free of charge on its online information platform www.springerlink.com. The articles and chapters will be available to print out or download from now… Read More
Indiana University gets NIH grant for networking project - October 28, 2009
The Indiana University (IU) has announced that it has received more than $1.8 million from the US’ National Institutes of Health (NIH) to collaborate on VIVO, a $12.2 million, seven-university project designed to network researchers around the country. While the proposed new networking system will contain… Read More
AAAS launches social networking websites for scientists along with journal ‘Science’ - October 23, 2009
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the journal Science and Science Careers, the career development arm of AAAS, have announced the launch of a pair of online social networking sites. These are expected to help scientists and science trainees who hope to translate… Read More
