Contents tagged with Open Data
Two Great Upcoming Windows Phone Webcasts
My team at Microsoft is teaming up with ComponentOne to deliver a series of webcasts to demo how easy it is to build Public Sector mobile solutions on Windows Phone. Session I: Fast Track Your First App Session II: Give Your Apps Some POP Be sure to register today. [found via Joel Reyes]
Open Data Open House
This Thursday, the Ides of March, there will be an Open Data Open House in DC. Registration is free. Help launch the Data.gov developers’ community space of the people, by the people, and for the people. Let your voice and ideas be heard! Get engaged in the developer community space on …
Introducing JobsRadar
What happens when you take open government data, Twitter, Bing maps and Windows 8? A whole lot of mash up awesome sauce. I’d like to introduce you to JobsRadar, an app my team has been working on to showcase the use of Windows 8 in the public sector. As the name implies, the focus of JobsRadar is …
Seven Great Open Government Data Sources
If you’re thinking about Open Government data (or writing a Windows 8 app that uses open data), then here are seven more sites to add to your list of data sources. POPVOXPOPVOX tracks all of the bills in Congress, and how members vote. If you sign up and give your information, the site will …
Windows 8 and Citizen Empowerment
No doubt you’ve heard the new about the release date of Windows 8 from the WPC2012 conference. If you’re wondering what the new technology means for the public sector, then watch this video and get inspired.
Archeology from Space
In this TED talk by Sarah Parcak, she talks about integrating satellite imagery in archeology. Using this technology, archeologists found a city lost for thousands of years. It’s interesting to note how they used topology data from NASA. What else is out there?