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From the iTunes App Store Description: This new app gives you the following community features at your fingertips, anywhere, anytime – • Latest information on key Sociology conferences and latest conference tweets • A free, comprehensive Frommer’s travel guide to major conference locations • Latest abstracts for Sociology articles and books, including the ability to […]
A New CCC Podcast: A Conversation With Elsevier VP Rafael Sidi About Their Apps Ecosystem
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From a Beyond the Book Podcast Program Blurb: As publisher of nearly 2,000 journals spanning the scientific, technical and medical (STM) communities, Elsevier serves more than 30 million scientists, students, and health and information professionals worldwide. In 2011, however, Elsevier’s customers are also its collaborators, thanks to a revolutionary view of application development. “We don’t […]
Push Pop Press developers of “interactive” books and the apps to read them (Pad, iPhone, and iPod) Touch was acquired today by Facebook. The company received a lot of positive press at the end of April when they released their first (and only) interactive book, “Our Choice” by Al Gore. From the Push Pop Web […]
On June 8th, we pointed out that the British Library had just released a new iPad app that provided access to a small collection of about 1000 free digitized books from the 19th Century. Today, the service expands and formally launches with more than 45,000 titles available. Plans are to expand the collection to more […]
From Elsevier: The Gray’s Anatomy for Students App provides access to a clinically-oriented, student-friendly textbook for human anatomy. Beginning with a general chapter on the body, students are introduced to the anatomical terminology, positioning, medical imaging and overview of body systems. The content then progresses through the body in a logical manner, building on the […]
The two new apps are only available for iPad users. Like all of the other apps in the directory they’re free to download and use. 1. Science360 for iPad from the National Science Foundation (NSF) The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Science360 for iPad provides easy access to engaging science and engineering images and video from […]
Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff – Mobile Medical Applications The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this draft guidance document to inform manufacturers, distributors, and other entities about how the FDA intends to apply its regulatory authorities to select software applications intended for use on mobile platforms (mobile applications […]
From a News Release: Readers who already have a Blio account can now read all their books on their iPad, iPhones or iPods by downloading the app from the Apple App Store and entering their Blio account information. Books which have been previously purchased at any Blio-enabled retail storefront will be automatically available in the […]
If you don’t see the download page immediately when visiting the App Store, try again. The rollout is just underway. Google+ For iPhone is a Free App Compatibility: iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4. Requires iOS 3.1 or later Screenshots and Download (via Vic Gundotra)
Why WSJ Mobile App Gets ** Customer Reviews The Wall Street Journal‘s iPhone app had just 2 stars in Apple’s App Store at the time of this writing. Averaged across 68,418 consumer reviews, the rating is not just a reflection of a few irate users. As a rough estimate, a 2-star average across 68,418 reviews means that […]
