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Big data isn’t good or bad – it’s how you use it 22 Aug 2013 | 08:11 pm
Don’t be evil. That expression is famous as the unofficial motto for Google, which says that means – among other things – focusing on customers’ needs and delivering the best products and services pos...
Small Aussie town has big sustainability ambitions 9 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
Geraldton is a small city with big ambitions for technologically advanced, sustainable living. Located on Australia’s west coast, the city of Greater Geraldton is the largest community in the 4,000-k...
Three clever ways cities can fight flooding 31 Jul 2013 | 08:39 am
People and cities can’t survive without water. Too much water, though, can also be devastating, as communities from Atlantic City — slammed last fall by Hurricane Sandy — to China’s Kunming have been ...
Dutch electric-car drivers will never be far from a place to charge 23 Jul 2013 | 09:46 pm
Getting a large segment of society to replace gas-powered vehicles with electric ones raises a chicken-and-egg problem: how can you promote a shift to plug-in cars when drivers don’t have a convenient...
Snips envisions a ‘predictive OS for cities’ 18 Jul 2013 | 01:19 am
The world is full of patterns, even though we don’t always see them. Advances in computing can help to unlock these patterns to make life easier, better and more convenient. That’s especially true in...
‘Internet of everything’ promises profits for the nimble 12 Jul 2013 | 07:35 am
We’re not anywhere close yet to having achieved the “internet of everything” (IoE) but the growing connectivity among people, devices and organizations is already a big money-maker for business. The ...
Dublin taps into real-time data to ease traffic congestion 24 May 2013 | 01:12 am
Officials in Dublin are hoping to solve the Irish city’s traffic problems by making smarter use of data. Using systems built with the help of IBM, the city is now streaming in masses of data from mult...
Cheap soy catalyst produces hydrogen fuel 25 Apr 2013 | 02:07 am
A US research team inspired by the work of twin sisters from a New York high school has identified a low-cost but effective catalyst that could replace expensive platinum for hydrogen production. Hydr...
Meet the ‘best for the world’ businesses 17 Apr 2013 | 09:04 pm
Businesses that have won B Corporation certification for their social and environmental impact aren’t necessarily the best in the world, but they are among the best for the world, the organization ass...
Big data: It isn’t just for big business anymore 4 Apr 2013 | 07:08 am
There’s a reason we call today’s plethora of information “big data.” With almost every action and transaction we engage in leaving a digital trail, we’re generating an unprecedented amount of data – 2...
