Elsevier collaborates with LIPID MAPS to launch Lipid Structures app on SciVerse Applications - December 12, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of the Lipid Structures (beta) app on SciVerse Applications. The app was developed in collaboration with LIPID MAPS, a multi-institutional consortium aimed at increasing understanding of lipid metabolism, and the SciVerse Developer Network. Lipid Structures (beta) identifies and… Read More
Scientific American introduces new free mobile offerings - December 9, 2011
Science magazine Scientific American is working with Google to feature content in Google Currents, a new Reader App for smartphones and tablets. Google Currents will include Scientific American's Science Agenda and top news sections and a sampling of posts from the Scientific American blog network. In… Read More
UpToDate releases UpToDate MobileComplete, a downloadable local version of its iPhone App - December 9, 2011
UpToDate, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health, US, has released a downloadable local version of its iPhone App, UpToDate MobileComplete. The fastest mobile version of UpToDate, MobileComplete provides clinicians with access to evidence-based, practical recommendations - even offline, where there is no network connection (Wi-Fi connection required for initial download… Read More
Elsevier launches Procedures Consult app for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch - December 6, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its new Procedures Consult App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is now available on the App Store. The app allows for procedure videos, illustrations and text to be stored on a user's iOS device with customised user interfaces.… Read More
Kindle Direct Publishing now available for the Amazon.es Kindle Store - December 5, 2011
Amazon.es has announced that authors and publishers will now be able to make their books available in the Amazon.es Kindle Store (www.amazon.es/kindle) using Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) (http://kdp.amazon.es). Amazon.es is a trading name for Amazon EU S.à.r.l., Amazon… Read More
Reprints Desk announces public availability of journal article web app, Bibliogo - December 5, 2011
Reprints Desk, Inc., a Derycz Scientific company, has announced the public availability of Bibliogo, the journal article web app that helps users do more with scientific papers. Bibliogo, available in free and paid versions, is built to scale using Google App Engine and is a productivity… Read More
New EBSCOhost app for Android devices allows library users to search premium EBSCOhost content - November 30, 2011
Electronic research databases provider EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO), US, has released an EBSCOhost Android app ensuring that Android device users can quickly and easily take full advantage of their premium EBSCOhost database content from wherever they happen to be. The Android app is the latest option in… Read More
BioOne launches BioOne Mobile - November 29, 2011
BioOne, US, a web-based aggregator of research in biological, ecological and environmental sciences, has announced the official launch of BioOne Mobile, an optimised website now available to smartphone users at www.bioone.org. With this new mobile interface, all content from BioOne's 167 journals… Read More
Penguin to restore libraries’ ability to loan e-books for Kindle - November 24, 2011
US-based publisher Penguin Group is reportedly restoring libraries' ability to lend their e-books for Amazon.com's Kindle e-reader. It had earlier suspended making new e-books available to libraries. The company had then said it would not allow libraries to… Read More
Anesthesia & Analgesia journal launches iPad App - November 24, 2011
The editors of the journal Anesthesia & Analgesia have reportedly announced the launch of their new Anesthesia & Analgesia for the iPad app. The journal is the official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). The new electronic edition brings… Read More
