E-books to garner 10 percent market in 3 years, says Kelkoo study - October 25, 2010
Retail research company Kelkoo UK has predicted that the e-book market will experience accelerated growth over the next three years, when e-books could account for 10 percent of all books sold. E-readers are also predicted to experience significant growth with a total of 1.3 million units… Read More
Usage statistics influence purchasing decisions for librarians, says MPS survey - October 22, 2010
Publishing solutions provider MPS Limited, a Macmillan company, has released findings of a survey of over 300 librarians around the world. The survey found that 97 percent of librarians use usage statistics, with 87 percent of librarians using COUNTER-compliant usage statistics for eJournals, and 66 percent… Read More
iPad owners more likely to engage with ads and buy apps, says Nielsen study - October 22, 2010
Global information and media group Nielsen Company, US, has released the findings of a study, according to which Apple iPad users are more likely to engage with mobile advertising than other connected device users. The study, entitled the "Connected Devices Playbook", found that nearly two-thirds of… Read More
Worldwide media tablet sales to cross 54 million units next year, says Gartner report - October 18, 2010
Technology research services firm Gartner, Inc., US, has released a report, which forecasts that worldwide media tablet sales to end users will reach 19.5 million units in 2010. Media tablets are poised for strong growth with worldwide end user sales projected to total 54.8 million units… Read More
WAN-IFRA meet examines business models for news publishing via e-readers and tablet PCs - October 14, 2010
The 3rd WAN-IFRA International E-Reading and Tablets Conference, held last week in Hamburg, Germany, sought to address the issue of how publishers can turn the vast potential of tablet computers and mobile e-reading devices into successful business models. The conference attracted around 260 participants from 40… Read More
Interop New York event attendees to increase tech spending in 2011, says pre-show survey - October 14, 2010
Business technology event series Interop, part of UBM TechWeb, has released the results of a pre-show survey. The survey indicates that 48 percent of attendees at the upcoming Interop New York 2010 event intend to increase spending on technologies next year, signaling increased budgets for the… Read More
New Outsell research looks at how mobile e-reading is changing the consumer magazine marketplace - October 8, 2010
Research and advisory firm Outsell, Inc., US, has released a new research that examines how mobile devices are rewriting the consumer magazine landscape. Outsell studied nearly 400 consumers who own a smartphone and/or an e-reader, along with 200 consumer advertisers, and focused on a variety… Read More
Researchers willing to push search and discovery to the next level, says Elsevier study - October 5, 2010
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has released highlights from a new online survey titled 'Future of Search and Discovery'. The survey reveals that researchers around the globe are not only ready for the next phase in search and discovery, but also prepared to actively contribute to making… Read More
Everything Channel’s IPED releases report on cloud computing research - October 4, 2010
US-based Everything Channel's IPED Research has announced the availability of a new report highlighting the emergence of infrastructure as a service (IAAS) and emergence of a new technology delivery model. The report, 'The Evolution of the New Delivery Model: Virtualization as a… Read More
Common information standards will save millions of pounds, says JISC report - October 1, 2010
The UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has commissioned a new report, according to which, establishing a common data standard for managing research information in the UK could save the higher education sector millions of pounds. Research information - administrative information about researchers, projects, outputs and… Read More
