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Unbound Medicine and AAP launch mobile version of Red Book -

Healthcare knowledge management solutions provider Unbound Medicine, US, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have announced the launch of Red Book for Mobile + Web. The latest findings and clinical guidelines contained in the new 28th edition of Red Book is now available on any… Read More

Unbound Medicine announces iPhone application for institutional customers -

Healthcare knowledge management solutions provider Unbound Medicine, US, has announced an application for iPhone and iPod touch devices in institutions that subscribe to uCentral. uCentral, a custom point-of-need solution for institutions, delivers trusted medical information where and when it is needed. Among the references now available… Read More

Unbound Medicine releases medical applications for Android mobile platform -

Healthcare knowledge management solutions provider Unbound Medicine, US, has announced the availability of premier medical references for smartphones running the Android mobile technology platform from Google, Inc. The Unbound Platform already supports native applications for popular handheld devices including iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Palm. With… Read More

British Library offering trial of e-readers from Sony and iRex -

The British Library, the national library of the UK, is giving readers the chance to test drive three e-readers from Sony and iRex Technologies currently available in the UK. The e-reader display will give visitors the chance to familiarise themselves with these new devices and to… Read More

ACP Press launches new e-publishing site -

ACP Press, the book publishing program of the American College of Physicians, has announced that more than 40 books published by the Press are now available for purchase in digital format at ACP's new electronic publishing site www.acppress-ebooks.com. Visitors can search the… Read More

RefWorks launches mobile phone interface, RefMobile -

RefWorks, the research tools arm of ProQuest, LLC, US, has announced the launch of RefMobile, a new interface that enables students and researchers to use the RefWorks web-based research management service from anywhere, via web-enabled mobile phones, smart phones, and personal data… Read More

Anaheim University set to become the world’s first paperless university -

Anaheim University, a US-based institution which pioneered online education in the mid-nineties, has now committed to being paperless by 2010. This directive has caused Anaheim to push publishers to produce e-books, as well as adopt technical innovations such as the Sony book reader that allow the… Read More

ebrary to provide e-books to FE Colleges in the UK -

e-content services and technology provider ebrary, US, has announced that it has been appointed by JISC Collections to supply e-book content and delivery platform for its multimillion-dollar e-books for Further Education (FE ) Project. Under the terms of the contract, negotiated in partnership with the company's… Read More

High demand for Epocrates iPhone continues among healthcare professionals -

Clinical information products and services provider Epocrates, Inc., US, has announced that in the nine months since the launch of Epocrates software for the iPhone platform, more than 10 percent of physicians in the US States are already actively using it to improve patient care. The… Read More

HarperCollins launches beta version of B2B tool for booksellers and librarians -

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, US, has launched the beta version of its digital sales catalogue. Located at www.harpercollinscatalogs.com, the content-rich catalogue offers an environmentally friendly, up-to-date tool for booksellers and librarians. Launching with Fall 2009 titles, the digital catalogue features book jackets and… Read More


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