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Sunday, 9th September 2007

Briefs: Orbitz Orbits Mobile Search Around Airports; UK: New report: an evaluation of the digitisation programme

+ Pronto Shopping Launches New "Social Search" Beta
*Pronto is part of IAC/InterActive, same owner as Ask.com. Gary is Director of Online Info Resources at Ask.
See Also: Comparison site Pronto.com adopts the Hacker Safe program

+ Orbitz Orbits Mobile Search Around Airports (via Local Mobile Search)
Note: The article does not mention that Orbitz began offering their first mobile product in late 2006. We posted about it on November 13, 2006.
See Also: Kayak Mobile
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New report: an evaluation of the digitisation programme

New report that evaluates the achievements of the first phase of the JISC digitisation is now available to download from the JISC website. The report, which was led by Evidence Base at the University of Central England in collaboration with Simon Tanner from Kings Digital Consultancy Services at Kings College, illustrates the value of the JISC digitisation programme by placing the work of the programme into a wider international context. It also outlines the key achievements and lessons learned from the first phase of projects.
Source: JISC Digitisation Blog


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