World Bank Open API Data: Now in Google Search Results

Earlier this year we blogged about the launch of a new Open API, which Phase2 built for The World Bank. The Open API allows third-party developers and organizations to freely query World Bank's largest dataset containing world economic and business indicators and create all kinds of interesting mash-ups.

Today Google announced the addition of the API data to its search results.

B[r]ing it on, Google! Microsoft is Back!

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Next Big (Invasion of Privacy) Thing on the Net

I woke up feeling a little prophet-ish this morning. If I were a betting man, I'd go that route, but instead I'll just blog about it. I know what the next big service thing from Google should will be (keep reading).

Chrome: maybe not all shiny

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Google Protocol Buffers - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Northern Virginia Drupal Meetup Tomorrow Night

Don’t miss the next Northern Virginia Drupal Meetup. It’s slated for tomorrow evening – Tuesday, July 8, from 6 – 9 PM at Teqcorner in Mclean.

Google alternatives

It’s the biggest but is it the best? If you want to go beyond Google, here is a great list of alternative search engines.

Playing devil's ad-vocate

Google has made a fortune on providing simple solutions to a variety of problems – not the least of which includes no-brainer contextual advertising. But how effective is it, really?