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The Latest News on News
18th December 2012

With the recent publication of our review of Factiva.com, the number of in-depth reports on news products published in 2012 comes to six. Director of Research Robin Neidorf reflects on the continuing importance of this competitive and dynamic content category and asks for suggestions for improving FreePint's coverage of this category in 2013.

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Comparative Report on News Products
17th December 2012

FreePint regularly reviews news content products and news aggregators. We then conduct an analysis of those reviews on an annual basis, to demonstrate how the different providers line up with one another across such criteria as source coverage, search capabilities, reporting and outputs and special features.

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Can Factiva.com Follow the Major Steps it Made in 2011?
12th December 2012

2011 saw a significant step forward in the evolution of Factiva.com including the launch of an iPad application and the addition of 19 million company profiles. Andrew Grave investigates whether Factiva has been able to maintain the momentum in 2012.

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What Are We Doing?
11th December 2012

The framing question of this Information Practice Newsletter editorial seems to be: what are we doing? The tone of that question seems fraught with existential angst, but this issue provides some practical guidance.

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What Shall We Do About ... or With ... Social Media?
10th December 2012

Reviewing a smorgasbord of articles on the subject of PR and communications, Ulla de Stricker highlights how the pieces demonstrate the wealth of ways that social media can reach current and new fans but also how this can present potential headaches.

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Digital Signatures: Ensure They Stand Up to Scrutiny
10th December 2012

When everything (it seems) is going digital, why aren't digital signatures more commonly used? Deb Hunt explores what constitutes a digital signature that will stand up to possible court challenges.

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Spotlight on Publishers: How They Use FreePint
10th December 2012

Vendors of content products and services prove to be active users of their FreePint Subscriptions for competitive intelligence, product strategy and industry insight. Recent account reviews of several vendors show what articles and reports their members of staff are interested in and how FreePint may be contributing to their approach to the market.

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Human Factor Engineering
6th December 2012

Does it seem we spend at least as much time addressing the human side of information work as the technology side? Robin Neidorf guesses that FreePint coverage might well be divided in half between these two sides of the profession. A recent FreePint Report collects an even dozen articles to support changes in habit. Product reviews, as always, offer a quick view into the latest (and sometimes greatest) combinations of content and technology.

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Productive Products for Particular Professionals
4th December 2012

A flurry of product reviews goes live, and Director of Research Robin Neidorf solicits your input for additional products to add to the review pipeline in 2013.

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