Data Services On Data Markets and Their Evolution More than two years after President Obama's memorandum on his open government initiative, thousands of public authorities and organizations worldwide have embraced the main idea behind it. Opening up data and making them publicly available on the Web has been recognized as a key to fostering transparency and collaboration within public… Davide Palmisano View comments
Products IT Poll: Do You Support Firefox in the Enterprise? This week, Mozilla re-established its Mozilla Enterprise User Working Group, following last month's controversy over Firefox product manager Asa Dotzler's comment that, "Enterprise has never been (and I'll argue, shouldn't be) a focus." At issue is Mozilla's lack of support for previous versions of Firefox, even as it releases new versions at a… Enterprise Klint Finley View comments
Data Services Jobs About For Data Nerds In what's likely just the beginning of a long-term story, job listings indexed by employment search engine Indeed.com indicate that market demand for data scientists and people capable of working with "big data" took a huge leap over the last year. David Smith of Revolution Analytics performed several related queries and posted the results today… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
International A Status Report on Morocco and Yemen This is the second in a three-part series. The first covered Tunisia, Egypt and Bahrain. The final post will cover the effect of these uprisings outside the Arab world. As it has with other countries in the Arab world, technology continues to play a role in communications between protesters in Morocco, Yemen and Syria, as well as between those… Curt Hopkins View comments
Android Microsoft Makes Windows Live Access Easier for Mobile Developers on iOS, Android & Windows Phone Microsoft is making it easier for mobile developers building apps for iOS, Android and Windows Phone to integrate data from Windows Live into their applications. With the recently released update to the developer platform known as Messenger Connect, Microsoft introduced APIs for SkyDrive, Hotmail and Messenger, which can be used in both websites… Mobile Sarah Perez View comments