The UK government has releasednearly 10GB of data about public spending today… via BitTorrent.
Yes, the filesharing technology usually only addressed by governments when they’re trying to crack down on it as a piracy tool is being used to allow anyone who wants it to grab detailed data about public spending over the past two years.
While we don’t have time to spare poring over the data in the Treasury’s ‘COINs’ database, armies of journalists  and open data enthusiasts up and down the country are doing just that.
The Guardian is liveblogging its search for …

You’ve probably not heard about this yet, but it’s likely that you’ve seen it.
Google hasn’t made any mention of the service, but the company has brought about Twitter feeds in ads.
Pretty cool concept, honestly.  Your display ad shows up, and your latest Tweet appears in it.  A viewer can choose to “Follow on Twitter”, or click any other part of the ad to be taken to your business’ page.
According to an article on Clickz, Google has declined to comment directly about the new service, but is saying that the company is …

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