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Businesses, government agencies, and non-profits in countries around the world are transforming virtually every facet of the economy and society through innovative uses of data. These changes, brought about by new technologies and techniques for collecting, storing, analyzing, disseminating, and visualizing data, are improving the quality of life for billions of individuals around the world, opening up new economic opportunities, and creating more efficient and effective governments.
This list, by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), provides a sampling, in no particular order, of some of the most interesting and important contributions data-driven innovations have made in the past year.
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