EU mobile operators want tech companies to pay for users’ data demands - December 10, 2010
European mobile operators have reportedly called on companies such as Google, Apple and Facebook to pay for being seen on their networks. According to a Bloomberg report, major mobile operators, including Telecom Italia, France Telecom and Vodafone, would require content providers such as Google and Apple… Read More
MeshTV to provide live streaming services to mobile devices - December 10, 2010
MeshTV, a subsidiary of ATCi (Antenna Technology Communications Inc.), recently announced its updated service that runs multiple dedicated live stream content that can be formatted for mobile devices while providing comprehensive monetisation and in-depth user analytics. MeshTV is a full service… Read More
Elsevier enables read-aloud feature in all ePub book titles - December 9, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has enabled the text-to-speech option on all of its ePub book titles. The text-to-speech function enables an e-book to read aloud, facilitating access by readers who would otherwise face a range of access challenges through blindness, dyslexia or… Read More
Amazon expands ‘Kindle for the Web’, enables customers to read full text of Kindle books in their web browser - December 8, 2010
Online books retailer Amazon.com, Inc., US, has announced that it has expanded its Kindle for the Web service to enable anyone with access to a web browser to buy and read full Kindle books - no download or installation required. Bookstores, other retailers, authors, bloggers and… Read More
Google launches e-books service – Google eBooks - December 7, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, has launched Google eBooks, its digital bookselling enterprise. The service features about 3 million titles for free and hundreds of thousands for sale. Publishers include HarperCollins Publishers and Random House Group Ltd. Through this venture, Google seeks to compete… Read More
Amazon Web Services launches new DNS service in the cloud - December 7, 2010
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced Amazon Route 53, a Domain Name System (DNS) web service giving developers and businesses a highly available and reliable way to route Internet traffic to web applications by translating human readable names into numeric IP addresses.… Read More
Researchers from Facultad de Informática join European network of excellence for large-scale data management - December 2, 2010
Researchers from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid's Ontological Engineering Group based at the Facultad de Informática have joined a network of excellence that aims to set up a simple mechanism to help researchers publish their data over the Internet. These researchers from the Facultad de Informática,… Read More
Google set to launch Google Editions e-book store - December 1, 2010
Internet search services provider Google, Inc., US, is reportedly set to launch Google Editions later this month. Early reports of Google Editions ebook store first appeared in October 2009. According to Google product management director, Scott Dougall, Google Editions will debut in the US later this… Read More
HighWire launches HighWire Mobile Web Interface for six AHA journals - November 29, 2010
HighWire Press, a not-for-profit division of Stanford University libraries, has announced the launch of the HighWire Mobile Web Interface for six American Heart Association (AHA) journals. The Mobile Web Interface is a publication website optimised for the small screen of smartphone devices. This is the… Read More
Sony to launch two new e-book readers next month - November 26, 2010
Consumer electronics maker Sony Corp., Japan, will reportedly release two new e-book readers next month in a bid to secure a leading position in the budding domestic market. The two devices - the 5-inch Reader Pocket Edition and the 6-inch Reader Touch Edition - are… Read More
