Global smartphone sales to hit 468 million in 2011, says Garner report - April 8, 2011
Technology research services firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a report that says worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7 percent increase from 2010. By the end of 2011, Android will move to become the most popular operating system (OS) worldwide… Read More
RIN completes case studies on information practices of humanities researchers - April 7, 2011
The UK's Research Information Network (RIN) has completed a second series of case studies to provide a detailed analysis of how humanities researchers discover, use, create and manage their information resources. The project focuses on the behaviours and needs of researchers working in a number of… Read More
Apple’s IPad2 with Wi-Fi and 3G gets top ratings from Consumer Reports tests - April 6, 2011
Consumer Reports' latest tests of the 10 most-promising tablet computers have reportedly given top ratings to the Apple iPad 2 with Wi-Fi and 3G. This is despite many competing products being pitted against the Apple iPad, which is seen to have enjoyed a significant share of… Read More
New LCA guide examines latest decision in the Google Books Search case and its effect on libraries - April 4, 2011
The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) has announced the release of 'A Guide for the Perplexed Part IV: The Rejection of the Google Books Settlement,' an analysis of the latest decision in the Google Books Search case and its potential effect on libraries. The LCA is comprised… Read More
OCLC Research and University of Oxford collaborate to study digital ‘residents’ and ‘visitors’ in the transition from secondary to higher education - April 1, 2011
Library information provider OCLC Research, US, and the University of Oxford are collaborating in a six-month, JISC-funded study. The study is part of a larger three-year longitudinal project, to investigate the theory of digital residents and visitors with students in the transitional educational stage between late-stage… Read More
Free access does not ensure more citations, says FASEB Journal report - March 31, 2011
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) has published a new research paper in the FASEB Journal that reportedly shows that free access to scientific journal articles leads to increases in downloads, but not to increases in citations. The number… Read More
RSC welcomes report on a low carbon nuclear future - March 30, 2011
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has welcomed the publication of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment report 'A low carbon nuclear future: Economic assessment of nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuel management in the UK'. Nuclear energy has been identified by the… Read More
China set to surpass the US as biggest publisher of scientific papers - March 29, 2011
The Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, has released a new report according to which, a new group of countries, lead by China and followed by others including Brazil and India, are emerging as major scientific powers to rival the traditional 'scientific superpowers' of… Read More
Just a fraction of Twitter users attract significant attention, says Yahoo study - March 29, 2011
Yahoo! Research, the central advanced research organisation of global Internet brand Yahoo! Inc., has released a study report on Twitter usage across the world. According to the study, a mere 20,000 Twitter users steal almost half of the… Read More
Annual Reviews new white paper explores how researchers are coping with information overload - March 28, 2011
Annual Reviews, a US-based nonprofit publisher that synthesises critical research literature, has released a new white paper that explores how today's researchers are coping with information overload. The paper titled 'The Role of the Critical Review Article in Alleviating Information Overload' shares the results of research… Read More
