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March 16, 2007
Google Gapminder
Google Gapminder: I called this "the best SWF I've ever seen" last autumn, and today Google announces that they've acquired the technology and the team. The announcement was made by Marissa Mayer, no less. The application was created with opensource tools, atop the predictable clientside capability of Adobe Flash Player. I'm particularly interested in interactive data visualizations like Gapminder -- tools like this offer new ways to see, to understand. Congrats to all involved!
Posted by JohnDowdell at March 16, 2007 02:48 PM
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I think Gapminder plays on the same league than Infommersion (now BusinessObjects Crystal Xcelsius). Which brings me to the point of my comment. I think it's brain acquisition here, much like JotSpot and All2Web. Although I see obvious uses of the technology as is in Google analytics for instance, to me this means more a first foot in the BI space.
Posted by: Stephane Rodriguez at March 17, 2007 12:30 AM