Can we finally track social? Also: New Google UI elements and a look at Plus response
by Vanessa Fox
| @vanessafox | 5 July 2011
In the latest Search Notes: Google Plus got all the publicity, but Google's Social Analytics tools and new interface elements are also notable.
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The 2011 Knight News Challenge winners illustrate data's ascendance in media and government.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile | 5 July 2011
The MIT Civic Media conference and 2011 Knight News Challenge winners made it clear that data journalism and data tools will play key roles in the future of media and open government.
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Jud Valeski on how Gnip handles the Twitter fire hose.
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters | 5 July 2011
Gnip CEO Jud Valeski talks about managing Twitter's fire hose and how the Internet's architecture must adapt to real-time needs.
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The launch of Google+, Yahoo spins off Hadoop, and a book full of iPhone location maps
by Audrey Watters
| @audreywatters | 30 June 2011
Google launches Google+, saying "It's your data" and giving users better control over sharing. Yahoo spins out its Hadoop division into a separate company. And a self-published author creates a book out of his iPhone tracking maps.
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The evolution of Safecast is a glimpse into networked accountability.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile | 29 June 2011
After a tsunami caused a nuclear disaster in Japan, a radiation detection network starting aggregating and publishing data. The result, Safecast, shows how citizen science and open data are changing our understanding of the world.
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by Andy Oram
| @praxagora | 28 June 2011
Calls to "make Google Health open source" miss the point. Here are some bona fide open source projects in personal health records and electronic health records.
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