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Out in the Open Private Data, Going Public

Most of the data we generate is in private hands, but that's starting to change.

More and more companies are making the data they collect publicly available through the release of APIs, which are used by developers in building new products—like FarmVille, based on Facebook's API. Since 2005, more than 3,700 APIs have been launched.

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