As we know that web is filled with all the data driven application(apps) like an e commerce website .There is a database behind the web front and number of other data services involved like credit card processing ,banks etc in it .But merely using data is not really data science , a data application acquire its value from data itself & creates more data as a result .So data science is not just application of data but enables creation of data product .
Example:
One of the earlier data product on Web was CDDB Database, its developer realized that a CD has unique signature,based on track length of each song on CD . Gracenote built a database of track lengths and coupled it to a database of album and if you are an iTunes user then you must have experienced it.. CDDB views music as a data & not as an audio.Their business was not related to selling music but solving DATA PROBLEM related to music.
Example:
One of the earlier data product on Web was CDDB Database, its developer realized that a CD has unique signature,based on track length of each song on CD . Gracenote built a database of track lengths and coupled it to a database of album and if you are an iTunes user then you must have experienced it.. CDDB views music as a data & not as an audio.Their business was not related to selling music but solving DATA PROBLEM related to music.