Open data: from the killer app to the platform economy

What would Gameboy have been without Tetris, Wii without Wiifit, and Windows without its Office suite and Facebook without its instant messenger? Each platform has built its success around one application, the killer app, the one which in and of itself justified the purchase or adoption of the platform. Where are the killer apps born […]

« Knowing how to manage Big data » – Interview with Julien Thérier (Shazino)

This article is an excerpt of the book Open models published in French in 2014 and translated in 2016. Shazino is a start-up developing innovative applications to improve knowledge sharing and collaboration between scientists. Shazino is part of the “Science 2.0” wave and Julien, its founder, explains here how the freemium model allowed him to […]