AHA releases mobile view website and iPad app for its journal Circulation - August 26, 2011
The American Heart Association (AHA) has announced new digital tools to provide members and subscribers advanced access to its journal Circulation through the release of a mobile view website and iPad app. The optimised mobile view website allows readers to view Circulation on smartphones, including… Read More
Pubget unveils beta version of cloud app for managing research papers - August 24, 2011
Pubget, as US-based provider of tools for scientific research, has announced the beta launch of PaperStream, a cloud app for accessing, managing and sharing research papers across teams. The product is projected to streamline research in the enterprise and lab environment by combining local (desktop) and… Read More
Vital Source Technologies and Chegg announce e-textbook programme - August 22, 2011
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., part of Ingram Content Group Inc, US, and textbook rental firm Chegg, US, have announced a comprehensive e-textbook programme to complement Chegg's traditional physical textbook rentals. The new e-textbook programme from Chegg will allow students the option to purchase or rent… Read More
Chegg to launch e-textbooks, announces pacts with educational publishers - August 19, 2011
Textbook rental firm Chegg, US, has reportedly made a number of new announcements. It has finalised plans to go digital, and is going to be steadily rolling out e-textbooks on its platform with a goal of offering millions of both print books… Read More
Microsoft discontinues support for e-book reader app - August 17, 2011
US-based software vendor Microsoft Corporation has announced the discontinuation of its support for the Reader e-book reader application. It will not sell content any more through the Reader app, starting November 8. The support will be withdrawn subsequently. Access has been allowed for the downloaded content… Read More
Amazon.com announces free Amazon Student application for iPhone and iPod Touch - August 16, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced the free Amazon Student application for iPhone and iPod Touch that offers students an easy way to shop for textbooks, electronics, apparel and more. Students can compare prices, buy textbooks, or trade in textbooks for up to 70… Read More
Dartmouth Journal Services launches mobile journal application for The Endocrine Society - August 15, 2011
Journal production services provider Dartmouth Journal Services (DJS), part of The Sheridan Group, US, recently launched a mobile journal application for The Endocrine Society. The free Endo Pubs iPhone app became available in the iTunes App Store on May 23, 2011 with future releases of an… Read More
Wiley-Blackwell launches mobile application in Sociology - August 10, 2011
Wiley-Blackwell, the STM and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced the launch of its first mobile application in Sociology, accessible via iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Wiley-Blackwell Sociology Spotlight is projected as a must-have app for all Sociologists. It… Read More
EPiServer launches MobilePack tools for fast and easy mobile web apps creation - August 8, 2011
Web content management (WCM) platforms provider EPiServer, UK, has announced the launch of MobilePack for EPiServer, a set of templates and software for creating mobile web apps that extend a brand's reach to web users. With the introduction of MobilePack, EPiServer expects to empower marketers to… Read More
Braunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine now available to users on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch - August 5, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that its Braunwald's Heart Disease Practice Guides App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch is now available on the App Store. The app includes content from Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ninth Edition, and provides up-to-date, evidence-based… Read More
