Unbound Medicine and AAP launch mobile version of Red Book - June 19, 2009
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 - June 15, 2009
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 - May 25, 2009
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 - May 20, 2009
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 - April 30, 2009
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 - April 27, 2009
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 - April 21, 2009
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 - April 17, 2009
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 - April 8, 2009
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 - March 26, 2009
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