Category Archives: Europe

Europa Press Releases: Digital Agenda: Turning government data into gold

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"The [European Commission's Open Data Strategy for Europe is] to lift performance EU-wide is three-fold: firstly the Commission will lead by example, opening its vaults of information to the public for free through a new data portal. Secondly, a level playing field for open data across the EU will be established. Finally, these new measures are backed by the €100 million which will be granted in 2011-2013 to fund research into improved data-handling technologies."

dataist: Interactive: The 100 richest people in Finland

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Jens Finnäs: "Every year in the beginning of [November] the [Finnish] tax records from last year are published. In other words: you get to know who made the most money. Every year the Finnish media outlets do a very conventional presentation of this material. Page after page of lists of top-earners. Rarely does anyone do anything more creative with the data. ... This is my first visualization in Raphael.js. Previously I have been working with D3 and Protovis, but the weak browser support of these two libraries is becoming a growing concern."

Deutsche Welle: EU to launch tender for open data portal

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"In the coming weeks, the EU will launch a tender for tech companies and freelance programmers to create an EU-wide online portal to allow access to government information and services. ... the project's aim is to change how European citizens interact with government on a range of levels to make government data, statistics and other figures, more easily accessible."

allmediascotland: Subscriber Success for New News Website

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"A local news website has picked up 3000 subscribers in just a matter of months - and is making revenue despite having no online display advertising. ... [Eastwoodmercury.co.uk] caters for the middle-class Glasgow suburbs of Newton Mearns, Clarkston and Giffnock and is the brainchild of Tom McConigley, editorial manager of Clyde and Forth Media."

MurderMap: London Homicide Reported Direct from The Old Bailey

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"The Murder Map project aims to create the first ever comprehensive picture of homicide in the modern city. On its completion, our online database will contain details of every murder and manslaughter committed in London from the crimes of Jack the Ripper to the present day. It is based on our unique archive of homicide cases – the product of thousands of hours spent by skilled and dedicated crime reporters in the courtrooms of the Old Bailey."

Gizmodo: It’s Time to Declare War Against Apple’s Censorship

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"Stern—a very large weekly news magazine—published a gallery of erotic photos as part of its editorial content. It wasn't gratuitous: It was just part of the material published in the magazine itself, integrated in their usual sections. The entire app was taken down, according to the Spiegel, and publisher Gruner + Jahr had to eliminate that content in order for the application to go up to the store again. They learnt their lesson, since they haven't published any other material that may offend Apple's "moral police"—as the German press calls it."