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Government Websites Can Be Exciting. Here’s How.
Learn more about all Best of the Web winners and finalists in this map. State winners and finalists…
2015-09-11
Hey Siri, How Will Apple’s Big Announcements Affect Government?
Read on to see what Apple Watch OS 2, Apple TV, the iPad Pro, the latest iPhones and…
2015-09-10
California State Synergy To Use Open Data
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Efforts to bring open data into, well, the open have touched off widespread discussion as…
2015-09-09
Cities Everywhere Get New Google Logo
Google has changed a lot over the past 17 years—from the range of its products to the evolution…
2015-09-02
Top Notch Talent? Head Over To Top Notch Countries!
New data from LinkedIn shows certain professionals are moving away from countries like India and flowing into places…
2015-08-25
Why City Government Innovations Is Simply Good Business
Other agencies want to buy Longboat Key, Fl.’s award-winning fire application, but can the city venture outside of…
2015-08-25
How Data Analytics Help Cities Re-think People’s Health And Safety
In cities around the country, we’re seeing the beginning of fundamental change in how governments discharge their regulatory…
2015-08-24
How Philly 311 Platform Comes With An Innovative Twist
Earlier this year, the city of Philadelphia – one of the communities in the City Accelerator’s first cohort…
2015-08-19
How North Dakota Uses Drones For City Improvement
The addition of night flying opens up the opportunities to test sensor payloads in all lighting conditions. The…
2015-08-18
Australia’s Queensland Set To Become Sunnier With Largest Solar Farm
A sea of glass panels may soon be sprawling across a paddock in Queensland’s Darling Downs cranking out…
2015-07-31
Why Our Personal Quiet Time Is Almost A Thing Of The Past With IoT
The internet is already a threat to quiet contemplation – but could the internet of things herald a…
2015-07-28
Where Cars Of The Future Must Pass Through First
It’s like a dream world for children obsessed with toy cars—and scientists obsessed with auto inventions. On July…
2015-07-23
Dogs Worried? Robots As Humanity’s Next Best Friend?
Robots can already vacuum your floors, park your car and assemble your electronics, but according to Fast Company,…
2015-07-22
Why Making Money In Clean Energy Is No Longer A Joke
The government’s draft direction this week to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in “emerging” clean energy…
2015-07-22
How Ford Innovation Center Tackles Transportation Tech
As cities grow more congested, Ford wants to be there for customers whether they buy, rent or share…
2015-07-18
Australia Could Become A Leader In Cybersecurity Research
Alex Zelinsky Chief Defence Scientist, Defence Science and Technology The national science and research priorities have been developed…
2015-07-13
How ‘Internet Of Energy Things’ Help Improve The Smart Cities
Smart buildings are highly beneficial, and will become more so once all things that consume energy report their…
2015-07-13
How Value Is Created In The Age Of Networks And Collaboration
Underlying the collaborative economy are a handful of very strong and general trends that are challenging the conventional…
2015-07-13
How Virtual Reality Shopping Is The Next Big Thing
High street shops are well-established online these days and provide new opportunities for interaction between shop and shopper.…
2015-07-03
The Future Of Tech At Cities Of The Future
As witnessed in Silicon Valley over the last two decades, Tech industry growth impacts housing values and creates…
2015-06-24
Why Smart Eyewears Will Be The Future Of Wearables
Very recently, Intel completed the acquisition of Recon Instruments, maker of the new, critically acclaimed Recon Jet™ smart…
2015-06-23
Wearables Are Not As Good As They Seem To Be
You no longer have to look to science fiction to find the cyborg. We are all cyborgs now.…
2015-06-22
How Big Data May Help Sustain A Sustainable City
Global IT firm Hitachi Consulting has been chosen to build a first-of-its-kind Big Data platform for Denmark’s capital…
2015-06-17
How Tech Hub Cities Serve The Public Good
The cities with the strongest markets for civic innovation are also the cities where entrepreneurs believe strong connections…
2015-06-15
How Glasgow Is Reinventing Itself With Data
What will the city of the future look like? Like a lot of cities, Glasgow has an idea.…
2015-06-11
How Digital Liberated Innovation From Large Cities
Big cities are considered great engines of new ideas for good reason. Lots of smart people in a…
2015-06-08
Barcelona’s Quest To Become The Smartest City Of Them All
Barcelona has been named the Smartest City in the world for 2015, according to a February publication…
2015-06-03
51 Breakthrough Technologies To Defeat Poverty
Simple technologies like Kenya’s M-Pesa mobile money system can have a huge impact in the developing world. Offering…
2015-05-30
Will 5G Bring New Dimensions To Our Wireless World?
The hottest topic at Mobile World Congress 2015 will connect billions of people and things to the internet…
2015-05-29
Big Data Could Help Cities On Climate Change
With last year’s U.S.-China Climate Accord came a new focus on municipal sustainability. Yes, power plants and national…
2015-05-28
New App Touts Cheaper Parking In Chicago
Parking in Chicago is bad. With the privatization of its parking meters and its reputation as one of…
2015-05-27
Forget The Internet Of Things – We Need An Internet Of People
The internet of things is a vision of ubiquitous connectivity, driven by one basic idea: screens are not…
2015-05-26
Urban Sprawl Reversal In The Future
Did you know crowded cities take up only 2% of the earth’s surface, but generate around 80% of…
2015-05-18
Are tiny homes the next big thing for cities?
As urban populations swell, as the number of singles increases — and as city officials try to make…
2015-05-15
NYC PLANS TO GIVE RESIDENTS $70 MILLION WORTH OF WI-FI
In an effort to further bridge the New York City’s digital divide, the de Blasio administration is spending…
2015-05-15
An Appetite For City Smog
Using a new type of tile that converts the chemicals in pollution into less toxic substances, the Torre…
2015-05-09
If Valley’s Tech Companies Built Cities Themselves
Welcome to i-Town. An artist imagines Google, Facebook, Apple, and Electronic Arts as self-contained urban hubs. …
2015-05-06
What Will A Smart City Look Like In The Future?
By 2050 there will be five billion urbanites, but, with pressure on resources and climate disruption, how will…
2015-05-06