ENTRIES TAGGED "United Kingdom"
Investing in the open data economy
Open Data Institute CEO Gavin Starks on how open data's current state is similar to the World Wide Web's early days.
If you had 10 million pounds to spend on open data research, development and startups, what would you do with it? That’s precisely the opportunity that Gavin Starks (@AgentGav) has been given as the first CEO of the Open Data Institute (ODI) in the United Kingdom.
UK Cabinet Office relaunches Data.gov.uk, releases open data white paper
The British government further embraces open data as a means to transparency and "prosperity."
The Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom released a notable new white paper on open data and relaunched its flagship open data platfrom, Data.gov.uk. This post features interviews on open data with Cabinet Minister Francis Maude, Tim Berners-Lee and Rufus Pollock.
The iPad in Europe (the English speaking part at least)
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of posts exploring the reception–and potential impact, of the iPad in locations other than the good ole USA. In today's entry, Eoin Purcell chimes in from Ireland. ~ Kat MeyerIt can be hard to envision the impact a device will have when you have only demo videos and second hand reports…
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