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Native American Resources Within U.S. Federal Agencies Explore more than 30 U.S. government services and programs for Native Americans in areas such as health, jobs, housing, education, and business development. Source: White House
From Search Engine Land: Do a search on Google, and you might get an unexpected surprise. A big notice at the top of your results warning that your computer has been infected with malware. The SEL post also points to a Google announcement about the issue. However, as Danny Sullivan notes, Google doesn’t mention that […]
You’ll need to register but that’s all you need to do. Once complete, you’ll have access to the entire list of Cambridge Journals via the Cambridge Journals Online platform. Here’s a List of Titles (More than 270) Free access is available through August 30, 2011. More info along with a link to register can be […]
Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff – Mobile Medical Applications The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this draft guidance document to inform manufacturers, distributors, and other entities about how the FDA intends to apply its regulatory authorities to select software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 […]
Story-Based Inquiry: A Manual for Investigative Journalists (New Full Text Book From UNESCO, Free)
|Direct to Download Full Text Book (Free): Story-Based Inquiry: A Manual for Investigative Journalists by Mark Lee Hunter This manual provides a guide to basic methods and techniques of investigative journalism, and it consciously fills a gap in the literature of the profession. The majority of investigative manuals devote a lot of space to the […]
Here’s a Roundup of Some New Stats: LinkedIn Assumes #2 Spot among U.S. Social Networking Sites (incl. Chart; via comScore) 73% of users access mobile social networks every day (ABI Research via Fierce Mobile Content) U.S. Mobile Map Audience Grows 39 Percent in Past Year as Fixed-Internet Map Audience Softens Slightly (via comScore) “Internet Users […]
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 […]
Direct to DataBC Web Site From TechPresident: The province of British Columbia launched an open data portal today called DataBC that allows users to access information about schools, geology faults, and much more. British Columbia became the first provincial government to launch an open data portal with DataBC, which has made approximately 2,500 data sets […]
Publishers Consider a Digital World
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Jobs, Preservation, Publishing
|Publishers Consider a Digital World The publishing industry is facing a digital dilemma. In a world where it’s possible to make content available electronically at a fraction of the cost of printing hard copies, publishers are struggling with how to balance wide access to their content with the bottom line. “It’s a moral balancing act,” […]
Updated: Aaron Swartz’s Blog and Twitter Stream Refers Users to a News Release from Demand Progress: “Federal Government Indicts Former Demand Progress Executive Director For Downloading Too Many Journal Articles” Update: News Release from JSTOR Update: News Release from U.S. DOJ Direct to the Full Text of the Indictment (via Scribd) From The Guardian: Aaron […]