A new web app applies trend analysis to structured social media.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile | 27 January 2011
A new web app put to the test during Australia's recent flooding shows how crowdsourced social intelligence can be integrated into crisis response
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Connected citizens trained in CPR now have a new tool to help them save lives.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile | 25 January 2011
A new iPhone app will dispatch trained citizens to help others in cardiac arrest. The app is the latest evolution of the role of citizens as sensors, where resources and information are connected to those who need it most in the moment.
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A new Pew survey emphasizes the Internet's importance in civil society.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile | 21 January 2011
A new survey released released this week by the Pew Research Center's Internet and Life Project shed new light on the role of the Internet as a platform for collective action. A panel at the State of the Internet Conference discussed the findings, driving home the increasing integration of our online and offline lives.
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A new site collects government data and news in a lightweight interface.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile | 18 January 2011
The just-launched site OpenGovernment.org incorporates open government data with social mentions, news coverage, and other information about pending state-level legislation and regulation.
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Indu Subaiya on the intersection of data, developers and healthcare.
by Andrew Odewahn
| 18 January 2011
Health 2.0 is hosting code-a-thons in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Boston as part of their Developer Challenge. Indu Subaiya, director of the Developer Challenge, discusses the competion and the intersection of data and healthcare in the following interview.
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From Code for America to OpenGovernment.org, 2011 could be transformative for open government.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile | 14 January 2011
The growth of citizen engagement platforms in 2010 will continue in 2011. Here's a look at four organizations that will play important roles.
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