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Plastic Logic to expand research partnership with Leibniz Institute

October 18th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Apparently they’ve decided to take a page from the grad student’s handbook: if you can’t cope with the market, stay in school. /jk EETimes are reporting that Plastic Logic and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research in Dresden, Germany will expand their collaboration. The research, partially funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, [...]

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Enhanced Kindle Edition format uses HTML5 tags

August 29th, 2010 · 4 Comments · ebook format

You probably recall that a couple months ago Amazon announced an updated Kindle app for iOS. The new app gave you the ability to play audio and video that were embedded in books like Nixonland. I’ve been waiting to hear back from Amazon PR about the tools to make the new ebooks (and the file [...]

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University of Cincinnati announce new iPad in the classroom research program

August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

From THE Journal: Through a partnership with a large urban school district in Utah, a research project at the University of Cincinnati will experiment with the use of Apple iPads in K-8 classrooms. The initiative will test the use of 35 Apple iPads to collect educational research in a federally funded partnership to improve teacher quality [...]

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IMS Research just got a new crystal ball

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · press release

IMS Research has announced that they’ve upgraded their Ouija board. They’re now ready to make predictions on future e-reader and iPad sales. No, wait. I thought they were using tea leaves. Or did they throw bones? I’m so confused! Seriously, though. I might make fun of the predictions, but they’re also announcing that a periodic [...]

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BISG & The Gilbane Group Announce Research Partnership

March 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

From the announcement: The Gilbane Group, a division of Outsell, Inc., and the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) today announced a strategic partnership to help members of the book industry succeed through innovative uses of technology. Together, Gilbane and BISG will provide market-centric research and actionable guidance for book industry professionals seeking to profit from [...]

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