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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

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It originally appeared on NetSquared. The Magic of Finding and Presenting Compelling Data In this Chronicle of Philanthropy post Matthew Scharpnick argues that despite the big data hype for every new piece of valuable data, a lot more useless data surrounds and obscures it making it challenging to find useful insights.

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What is rapid attention shifting?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lamb links to another story: "wireless network might be used by terrorists," the headline screams. " What is with these scare stories? over at NetSquared failed to turn up more than a handful of nominations. despite the hype that ???everybody Well, yeah. Are the authorities really losing control?