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Open Agenda: The impact technology can have on emerging markets

Business

By pjames, 3 January 2014 at 14:12

3 April 2014: The pervasiveness of mobile phones in developing economies has made them an ideal platform for providing services centered on improving local living conditions. Although these platforms have their strengths and their limitations, they provide a means to...Continue reading »

[Guest Post] Why Open Data is accelerating socio-economic change

Initiatives

By , 5 December 2013 at 12:53

By William Hoffman, Head of Data-Driven Development, World Economic Forum (@wef) 5 December 2013: When Galileo revolutionised the telescope he saw things in the cosmos that were previously misunderstood or in effect non-existent. The same is true with open data. It provides...Continue reading »

Open Data: A ‘No-Brainer’ for all

Digital Life

By , 5 December 2013 at 12:52

By Richard Benjamins, Director Business Intelligence and Francisco Jariego, Telefónica Digital 5 December 2013: The open data debate has, until recently, been largely driven by governmental institutions. Earlier this year, countries from around the world came together in London for the latest Open Government...Continue reading »

[Guest Post] We must create a culture of “open data makers”

Initiatives

By , 5 December 2013 at 12:51

By Rufus Pollock (@rufuspollock), Founder and Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation 5 December 2013: Every day we face challenges – from the personal such as the quickest way to get to the work or what we should eat to global...Continue reading »

The many meanings of Open | Sir Tim Berners-Lee for #TheOpenAgenda

Business

By , 9 October 2013 at 00:43

Openness is worth fighting for so add your voice – “I support openness in digital, technology & innovation #TheOpenAgenda http://bit.ly/openagenda” Tweet this directly A graduate of Oxford University, Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web while at CERN, the European Particle...Continue reading »

Developing in Firefox OS: How about a tool to scaffold apps?

Digital Life

By Webs Externas, 30 September 2013 at 08:40

By The Product Development and Innovation (PDI) team at Telefonica Digital A Firefox OS app generator for Yeoman 30 September 2013: After developing for Firefox OS at work for a while, we’ve decided to make Firefox OS app development a bit easier. We...Continue reading »

#TheOpenAgenda launches at Campus Party

Initiatives

By , 4 September 2013 at 13:19

By Daniel Appelquist (@torgo), Open Web Advocate at Telefónica Digital. Dan is a web and mobile industry veteran, an active member in the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and founded Mobile Monday London, Over the Air and the Mobile 2.0...Continue reading »

[Guest Post] An open philosophy can unify the fragmenting web – #TheOpenAgenda | Max Firtman

Initiatives

By Shivvy J, 3 September 2013 at 15:07

By Maximiliano Firtman (@firt | Firt.mobi). Max is an industry-leading, Buenos Aires based mobile and web developer with nearly two decades of experience. He has authored numerous books on programming, travels the world speaking at conferences and has founded several companies. Confession...Continue reading »

[Guest Post] Coding and the open web – #TheOpenAgenda | Decoded’s Kathryn Parsons

Initiatives

By , 3 September 2013 at 15:00

By Kathryn Parsons (@KathrynParsons), CEO and co-founder of Decoded The word revolutionary is tossed around relatively freely today, and applied to anything from new smartphones to the latest probiotic yoghurts. However one of the few truly revolutionary advances that we’ve made as a...Continue reading »

[Guest Post] Human progress can only come through openness – #TheOpenAgenda | Mozilla’s Mitchell Baker

Initiatives

By , 3 September 2013 at 14:59

By Mitchell Baker (@MitchellBaker), Executive Chair, Mozilla Foundation The web’s inception was nothing like humanity had ever seen before. It wasn’t planned; it wasn’t an incremental change of an existing system or even a natural development of technology. It was completely new....Continue reading »

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Open Agenda: The impact technology can have on emerging markets

[Guest Post] Why Open Data is accelerating socio-economic change

Open Data: A ‘No-Brainer’ for all

[Guest Post] We must create a culture of “open data makers”

The many meanings of Open | Sir Tim Berners-Lee for #TheOpenAgenda

Developing in Firefox OS: How about a tool to scaffold apps?

#TheOpenAgenda launches at Campus Party

[Guest Post] An open philosophy can unify the fragmenting web – #TheOpenAgenda | Max Firtman

[Guest Post] Coding and the open web – #TheOpenAgenda | Decoded’s Kathryn Parsons

[Guest Post] Human progress can only come through openness – #TheOpenAgenda | Mozilla’s Mitchell Baker