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The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) has approved a project that will revise Specifications for the Digital Talking Book (ANSI/NISO Z39.86).

Lulu, a marketplace for individual, educational, and corporate authors and publishers to bring their books directly to market, announced an alliance with weRead, the social networking application where readers can discover and recommend books to their friends.

Lalisio, a social knowledge network, introduced a search and presentation engine from its parent company Q-Sensei.

ProQuest has released the online version of Documents on British Policy Overseas, providing scholars in history and world affairs access to the activities and thoughts of Britain's diplomats and policymakers, from the build-up to World War I to the Cold War.

UCrime is a free service launched on August 4 that maps crimes on college and university campuses; users view the date, time, location, and type of crime and have the option to comment on incidents as well as link to source information. Information is gleaned from police departments, campus safety departments, and newspapers, among other sources and data is shared with SpotCrime.com

Clarabridge, provider of text analytics, announced it has secured $12 million in Series C financing.

Yahoo! Inc. announced that it will offer users the ability to opt-out of customized advertising on Yahoo.com.

EntropySoft, specializing in the ECI market (Enterprise Content Integration) and unstructured data integration, announced the availability of an Interwoven WorkSite connector.