JANET (UK) launches new high capacity data service for education and research institutions - April 29, 2011
JANET (UK), the UK's education and research network, has announced the launch of its new high capacity data service for education institutions and research organisations, JANET 3G. From June 2011, the data service will allow academic and support staff to remotely access vital resources such… Read More
Texterity and Penton Media announce cross-platform availability of Broadcast Engineering magazine - April 22, 2011
Digital publishing solutions provider Texterity, Inc., US, and B2B media company Penton Media have announced the cross-platform availability of Broadcast Engineering magazine. This is reportedly the first Texterity title to offer apps for both Apple and Android systems. With more than 120 native magazine-branded apps in… Read More
Maney Publishing’ materials science and engineering books now available through e-book providers - April 22, 2011
Academic Publisher Maney Publishing, UK, has announced that its range of over 170 materials science and engineering e-books, ranging from classic texts from the 1980s to the latest research, are now available from six e-book providers. These include Academic RightsPress; Books 24X7; Dawson Books; Ebrary; EBooks… Read More
Amazon announces Kindle Library Lending for Kindle Books - April 21, 2011
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced Kindle Library Lending, a new feature launching later this year. Kindle Library Lending will allow Kindle customers to borrow Kindle books from over 11,000 libraries in the US. The new feature will enable customers to check out a… Read More
AcademicPub launches custom publishing service for higher education community - April 18, 2011
AcademicPub, a unit of SharedBook, Inc., US, has launched what is said to be the first custom publishing option for the real time delivery of copyright-cleared course materials to the higher education community. The announcement was made by SharedBook CEO Caroline Vanderlip. Available immediately,
Sheridan Press introduces M3 Mobile ePrints, optimised for mobile devices - April 18, 2011
Print and publishing services provider The Sheridan Press has introduced M3 Mobile ePrints, an electronic article reprints that have been created specifically for viewing on mobile phones and tablet devices. Sheridan M3 Mobile ePrints can also be viewed on standard desktop and laptop computers, for both… Read More
Elsevier, EMBL and University of Copenhagen launch new app for SciVerse - April 15, 2011
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced the availability of a new application, Reflect-Network, on SciVerse Applications beta. The application was developed in partnership with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. … Read More
Unbound Medicine and Johns Hopkins announce new publishing relationship - April 13, 2011
Unbound Medicine, a US-based provider of knowledge management solutions for the healthcare industry, has announced a new publishing relationship with the Johns Hopkins University. Under the initiative, Unbound Medicine will become the official electronic publisher of the web- and mobile-based versions of Johns Hopkins’ Antibiotic (ABX),… Read More
New SciFinder Mobile offers researchers access to SciFinder to speed scientific breakthroughs - April 11, 2011
Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, has announced the launch of the new SciFinder mobile platform. With no need to download a special app, the new SciFinder mobile platform allows researchers to use web-enabled smartphones to access CAS databases through SciFinder,… Read More
UBM Studios announces mobile support on iOS and Android-based tablets for virtual events - April 11, 2011
UBM Studios, a division of United Business Media Limited, has announced that it now offers support on iOS and Android-based tablet devices including video delivery through Ustream, Silverlight, YouTube, MP4 videos and InXpo's proprietary on-demand media player; and text chat supported through HTML. To deliver… Read More
