Comments on: World Bank opens their data to the world: Hans Rosling reports!

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Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:07:08 +0000

[...] aid. The World Bank recently opened its vault of data for public use. They launched a global competition to crowdsource apps for this data. They are also [...]

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[...] World Bank, the largest repository of social and economic data on earth, decided one fine day to release it all. It was truly tremendous. Sanjay is going to show the early stages of where we’re headed in [...]

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By: John Switzer

John Switzer — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Excellent news Hans. You are indeed changing the world.

By: ryan tan

ryan tan — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

It’s a good news but.. Is it safe to show their data? it should have more security in these matter.. since they are more hackers in the web and they can easily hack an account if showed to the public..

By: Theodore A. Hoppe

Theodore A. Hoppe — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

This is very exciting news. A recently posted talk by Tim Bernier-Lee shows how open data can can be used in ways that result in change. Rosling’s Gapminder talks do the same. Can we expect another visit by Rosling to TED about what he finds. I think so. Thanks for the update.