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		<title>White House chooses VMware’s Tony Scott to be next U.S. CIO</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/02/05/white-house-chooses-vmwares-tony-scott-to-be-next-u-s-cio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 01:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Vanian]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VMware’s Tony Scott has been chosen to become the next U.S. chief information officer, according to a White House announcement on Thursday. Scott will follow in the footsteps of previous U.S&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Open data progress is slow, warns Web Foundation</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/20/open-data-progress-is-slow-warns-web-foundation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accessible open data about government spending and services remains a pipe dream across most of the world, an 86-country survey by the World Wide Web Foundation has found. The second edition&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>South Carolina tells Uber to shut down in the state</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/15/south-carolina-tells-uber-to-shut-down-in-the-state/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2015/01/15/south-carolina-tells-uber-to-shut-down-in-the-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, South Carolina's Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an order for Uber to cease operations. The state governing body warned the company to stop its service immediately and not to resume until all its driver&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Neighborhood social networking app Nextdoor&#8217;s new safety feature makes it a must-use</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/09/30/neighborhood-social-networking-app-nextdoors-new-safety-feature-makes-it-a-must-use/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/09/30/neighborhood-social-networking-app-nextdoors-new-safety-feature-makes-it-a-must-use/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2014 17:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmel DeAmicis]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[city services]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The police and firefighters that cover your particular neighborhood may be using Nextdoor to warn you about safety concerns.]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign security vendors can no longer bid for Chinese government contracts</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/04/foreign-security-vendors-can-no-longer-bid-for-chinese-government-contracts/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/08/04/foreign-security-vendors-can-no-longer-bid-for-chinese-government-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 10:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Meyer]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese government supplier list for security firms now includes only Chinese outfits, with Symantec and Kaspersky having been shown the door.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>For those inside and outside of Ukraine and Venezuela, social media is the only media that matters</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/20/for-those-inside-and-outside-of-ukraine-and-venezuela-social-media-is-the-only-media-that-matters/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/20/for-those-inside-and-outside-of-ukraine-and-venezuela-social-media-is-the-only-media-that-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mathew Ingram]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The value of social-media networks such as Twitter and Facebook becomes even more obvious during crises like the uprisings and anti-government demonstrations in Ukraine and Venezuela, where both have become a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Everything you need to know about the proposed $45B Comcast-Time Warner merger</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/13/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-proposed-45b-comcast-time-warner-cable-merger/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/02/13/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-proposed-45b-comcast-time-warner-cable-merger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 18:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mathew Ingram]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Comcast has offered to merge with Time Warner in a $45-billion deal that would combine two of the country's largest cable providers. Here's what you need to know about the potential&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The White House is going to study big data. Here are 5 things it should know</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/01/23/the-white-house-is-going-to-study-big-data-here-are-5-things-it-should-know/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/01/23/the-white-house-is-going-to-study-big-data-here-are-5-things-it-should-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derrick Harris]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The White House announced on Thursday that it will form a working group to study big data and report on its implications to privacy, policy and society. That might be easier&#8230;]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Times calls for mercy for Edward Snowden</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2014/01/02/the-times-calls-for-mercy-for-edward-snowden/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2014/01/02/the-times-calls-for-mercy-for-edward-snowden/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Hockenson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the New York Times editorial board formally asked the U.S. government to consider a plea bargain for NSA leaker Edward Snowden, who is on the run from charges of espionage and theft&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>23andMe shuts down health-related genetics testing to work with FDA</title>
		<link>https://gigaom.com/2013/12/06/23andme-shuts-down-testing-to-work-with-fda/</link>
		<comments>https://gigaom.com/2013/12/06/23andme-shuts-down-testing-to-work-with-fda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauren Hockenson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the FDA posted a cease-and-desist, 23andMe has removed healh-related genetic testing from its services.]]></description>
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