+ Briefs: Emerald Signs National License With 339 German Universities

The agreement, negotiated by the Universitäts-und Stadtbibliothek Köln (USB) and Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften (IZ), means that everyone in Germany can access Emerald content if they are students or faculty of higher education institutions, or are members of an academic library, research institution or governmental institution. Individual access is permitted via usernames and passwords subject to permanent residence in Germany.

+ Google Announces Partnerships with Rwandan Ministry Of Infrastructure, Kenya Education Network

+ mBlox to deliver flight-tracking texts
What the story doesn’t mention is the services like FlightAware and FlightStats offer similar tracking and alerting services for all airlines in the U.S./Canadian system for free. In fact, FlightStats even has a mobile site.

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