Elsevier Integrates Multiple Services in New SciVerse Platform
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

These days, getting lots of information is easy; it\'s using that information productively that\'s the tricky part. The task is even more difficult when that information comes not from a single information resource, but from several. But for users of Elsevier\'s various scientific resources, that task just got a little easier thanks to the August 30 release of a unified research platform called SciVerse.
Gmail Makes Some Calls
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Google rolled out a new Gmail feature that allows users of the web-based email service to place calls directly to any phone. The company reported that calls to the U.S. and Canada will be free "for at least the rest of the year," with calls to other countries falling under the same rates as those applied to the Google Voice service.
Open Text Updates ECM Suite
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Open Text Corp. released a set of products and services, called the Open Text ECM Suite, designed to enterprise IT groups manage large numbers of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 sites from creation through archiving. Burnstand, joining Open Text after a recent acquisition, will head the newly released consulting services.
The Boys of Summer and Their Predictions
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

It\'s easy to stop thinking about the changing content landscape over the summer. The days are long and hot, and you\'re more worried about avoiding the heat than you are about the future of media. However, at least two prominent figures still had media on their minds and were making (sometimes outlandish) predictions.
Elsevier to Release Content APIs
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Content might still be king at global health and science publisher Elsevier, but the old definitions of content can\'t keep pace with the increasingly fast and faceted data needs of core audiences such as researchers, librarians, universities, and corporations. Taking some inspiration from consumer-driven sites such as Apple.com, Netflix.com, and nytimes.com, Elsevier is putting its content API up for grabs and opening an app marketplace.