open data

TfL Begins Collecting Data On Tube Passengers This Week

The anonymous tracking data is to be used to help passengers avoid congestion and improve transport policy

5 years ago

Should We Treat Data And Technology As Separate Sectors?

IN-DEPTH: Data is the lifeblood of a modern organisation, but is it time to treat it as distinct from technology?…

7 years ago

Gatwick Opens Data Up To Developers For International Airport Hackathon

The developers will use the data to improve airport experiences for passengers

7 years ago

TfL Joins Forces With Tech City Ventures Nitrous Programme To Embrace Startup Innovation

Six startups will work with TfL to find ways to reduce congestion and pollution in London

7 years ago

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Hackers Could Exploit Open Data To Wreak Real-World Chaos

ODI founders want the government to consider open data as critical infrastructure that needs protection

8 years ago

TfL And Waze Agree Data Exchange To Manage London’s Streets

Transport for London (TfL) will share street data with Waze in exchange for access to real time traffic information

8 years ago

Open Data For Social Good: The Case For Better Transport Services

ANALYSIS: Martin Howell from Cubic Transportation Systems explores how open data can transform urban mass transit

8 years ago

Portal Brings Together Open Data Sets From Across Europe

The European Data Portal is part of the EU's broad single digital market strategy

9 years ago

Ordnance Survey To Release OS OpenMap To Help Developers Build Mapping Apps

Ordnance Survey says it wants to help developers create new kinds of application through open data and better licences

10 years ago

EU Invests £11m In Open Data Institute Backed Projects

EU to back Open Data Institute European startup incubator, research network and data science academy

10 years ago

Livingston, Shields And Shadbolt Talk Up Open Data, Tech City And UK IT At CeBIT

Lord Livingston, Joanna Shields and Sir Nigel Shadbolt promote the UK technology industry in Hannover

11 years ago

Flood Hack Creates Applications To Help UK Flood Relief Effort

Flood Hack brings together UK tech community

11 years ago

Open Data Institute Signs Up Five More International Partners

Osaka, Seoul, Sheffield, Philadelphia and Hawaii join the global movement to make better use of public sector data

11 years ago

BBC Agrees To Open Up Its Data

Public service broadcaster signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Open Data Institute

11 years ago

Sir Nigel Shadbolt: Free Data Can Be ‘As Valuable As You Can Imagine’

The co-founder of the Open Data Institute talks about analytics and how to raise a new generation of data scientists

11 years ago

Open Data Institute Expands Its Vision Across Borders

The network of 13 international ‘Nodes’ could attract millions to the open data cause, says ODI CEO Gavin Starks

11 years ago

G8 Leaders Sign Open Data Charter

Francis Maude says agreement by G8 nations marks a major milestone in unlocking government information

11 years ago

Maude Promises More Open Data After Shakespeare Review

Cabinet Office announces a range of fresh open data projects

11 years ago

EU Heralds Open Data Boom After Parliament Votes For New Rules

Open data rules set to be enshrined in law by 2015

11 years ago

Government ‘Needs To Embrace Open Data Faster’

Shakespeare Review proposes getting data out faster, even if it means it is messier

11 years ago

Open Data Crew Outraged At Government’s Privatised Postcode Plan

The government is keeping the post code database in the hands of the Royal Mail and the Open Data Institute…

11 years ago

Europe Set For Continent-Wide Open Data Rules

European vice president Neelie Kroes wants to open data to the people

11 years ago

Google Targets Open Data With Donations

Google has funded groups seeking open government data that can be easily accessible for citizens

12 years ago

Open Data Institute Officially Opens In Tech City

ODI, backed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, says that the UK is leading the world in open data

12 years ago

UK Government Threatens Businesses Over Open Data

Government urges companies to open up under midata initiative

12 years ago

Maude Launches Government Digital Strategy: FT Innovate 2012

We will make public services agile, flexible and digital by default, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

12 years ago

Government Open Data Work ‘Not Good Enough’

What’s the point in releasing huge amounts of information if no one knows what to do with it?

12 years ago

Government Open Data User Group Holds First Meeting

Francis Maude has said an important step has taken place in the Government’s 'open data revolution'

12 years ago

Government White Paper Outlines Open Data Plans

Government says increased transparency will benefit the UK, but not at the expense of privacy

12 years ago