Data Portability How the DC's Metro Opened Up Its Data Three years ago, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority looked lost, and so did many of its riders. Those who hadn't memorized Metro's schedules had to employ its persnickety Trip Planner, a clunky Web form that not only won't let you click on a map to specify your location but also chokes on cities, states, Zip codes and even commas… Rob Pegoraro View comments
Music 3 Complaints About The State of Online Music Despite all of the great innovation happening in online music, there are 3 frustrating things for consumers that need to be addressed by Apple, Google, Facebook and others. It's been an eventful week for online music, with the launch of Apple's iTunes Match and the public unveiling of Google Music (along with a new MP3 store in the Android… Play Richard MacManus View comments
Conferences MLB.com Challenge Bottom of the 9th: The 3-2 Pitch Hinds Hall, Syracuse University campus, 2:20 pm ET November 11 - They called themselves "Rubin's Army" after their honorary commandant, Prof. Jeffrey Rubin, but after a 21-hour campaign they looked like they had just marched through Normandy Beach. They had four minutes to pitch a concept for enhancing Major League Baseball's MLB.com Web site… Hack Scott M. Fulton View comments
New Media Storifying Occupy Wall Street In the dead of night on Monday, November 14, Zuccotti Park in New York City was raided by police. In the preceding days, there were crackdowns at several of the major Occupy protests around the country. The effort had apparently been coordinated between cities. Monday night's actions against the original Occupy Wall Street encampment were stern… Jon Mitchell View comments
Features Anti-Spam Activist J.D. Falk Dies You may not know the name J.D. Falk off the top of your head, but he worked tirelessly to protect your inbox from spam. Falk's untimely death came yesterday at the age of 37, but he fought cancer long enough to see his IETF RFC published. Jesse David Falk was a founding member of the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE), the… Enterprise Joe Brockmeier View comments