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Google’s Technological Dream Coat
It has been a long time coming, but a little over a year after Google shared its connected jean jacket designed for bike commuters, they are finally unveiling the final product. Designed in partnership with Levi’s, the new smart jacket takes advantage of technology from Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group (ATAP), which involves weaving multi-touch sensors…
Read MoreWebinar About Open Access Books
The Society for Scholarly Publishing is offering a webinar – “An Update on Open Access Books: All is Not Green and Gold” – in the development of sustainable business models for books. The open access world for books started much later than for journals but at this point there are a variety of different initiatives and…
Read MoreWorking in Reality
Wireless virtual reality (VR) headsets are becoming more and more popular by the day. Data consumption is forecast to explode over the next four years, which is expected to put a serious strain on both wireless and wired networks. This interesting information came to us from CED magazine in their article, “VR Data Consumption to Grow…
Read MoreThe Numbers on Data Breaches
Data security is an ongoing challenge for every organization. A recent report reveals the frequency of data breaches only continues to grow. Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review brought this information to us in their article, “918 cyberattacks so far this year: 6 things to know.” There were 918 data breach incidents across the world in…
Read MoreLost and Found
Finding something you have stored can be a challenge. No matter how diligent you were in naming and choosing the appropriate folder, it can be difficult and frustrating. At least with text, you can do a search. If you are searching for a stored photo or video, good luck. Forbes brought this information to us in…
Read MoreE-Books in the Classroom
Digital vs. paper is not a new subject. Traditional books vs. electronic ones and the e-readers that make it possible to take a thousand books with you on vacation is not new either. However, electronic textbooks may be new on the scene. The Tulsa Beacon brought this news to our attention in their article, “Saving…
Read MoreCitation Laureates Announced for 2017
Each year since 2002, analysts at Clarivate Analytics have mined millions of citations in the Web of Science to identify top-tier researchers in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry – fields recognized by the Nobel Prizes in science. It also names Citation Laureates in economics since the Swedish National Bank established an award in this domain, in…
Read MorePreservation is Not Just for Paper
The first International Digital Preservation Day will be held on November 30, 2017. This inaugural event is designed to draw together individuals and institutions from across the world to celebrate the collections preserved, the access maintained and the understanding fostered by preserving digital materials. This interesting information came to us from Knowledge Speak in their article, “First International…
Read MoreData and Its Many Forms
“Data modeling” is a term being used more and more these days. How many people actually know what it is and where it came from? DATAVERSITY brought this news to us in their article, “A Brief History of Data Modeling.” Data modeling is the act of creating a data model, whether it is physical, logical, conceptual,…
Read MoreReal or Digital?
Digital is replacing paper in many situations, whether it be in the doctor’s office, the source of your news, or the way you pay your bills. Tech Target brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Physical records management here to stay along with digital records.” Even after all these years, one would think that…
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