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Feb 2014

Tech accelerator aims to help ICT startups

Startups focused on innovations in big data, smart cities and the internet of things are being encouraged to seek support and funding from the tech accelerator Wayra. Applicants have from now…

Feb 2014

Cities

World’s megacities pick up pace on climate action

Leaders in the world's largest cities almost universally recognize that climate change poses a "significant risk." And they're stepping up efforts to prepare for and minimize those risks in a…

Feb 2014

Cities

Keeping cities food-secure raises policy questions

Some major cities are far more food-secure than others, a first-ever study of three large metropolitan food systems has found. The Australian capital of Canberra, for example, derives the majority of…

Feb 2014

Smart Cities

‘Urban London’ goes live

Greenbang is launching a new event -- Urban London is a community of innovators, entrepreneurs, tech professionals, and public sector officials. It is a platform for stories of emerging technologies,…

Feb 2014

Cities

London moves toward zero-emission taxi fleets

China's BYD is supplying the London-based car-hire company Thriev with 20 electric sedans as the city itself moves toward its goal of a city-wide fleet of zero-emissions cars for hire. As…

Feb 2014

Cities

US cities target building energy consumption

Cutting the energy consumption of big buildings in 10 big US cities could save nearly $1 billion a year, according to the leaders behind the new City Energy Project. An initiative…

Jan 2014

Energy

Automation program aims to stabilize UK grid

A new smart-grid program being launched in the UK aims to help stabilize the power grid as more renewable energy sources come online. Honeywell and power management company Stor Generation Ltd.…

Jan 2014

Policy sus

‘Digital inclusion’ starts with user needs

An information-based society can't be inclusive or democratic if a large portion of the population remains offline. In the UK, for example, research in 2012 found that 18 percent of citizens…

Jan 2014

Cities

India politician promises ‘100 smart cities’

The concept of smart cities is being used to appeal to voters in India. Shri Narendra Modi, leader of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, proposes an eight-point development plan that includes…

Jan 2014

Cities

BT trials new networking tech for ‘internet of things’

Delivering on the potential of the "internet of things" (IoT) means being able to make devices of all kinds -- from mobile phones to city lampposts -- "talk" to one…

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Tech accelerator aims to help ICT startups

World’s megacities pick up pace on climate action

Keeping cities food-secure raises policy questions

‘Urban London’ goes live

London moves toward zero-emission taxi fleets

US cities target building energy consumption

Automation program aims to stabilize UK grid

‘Digital inclusion’ starts with user needs

India politician promises ‘100 smart cities’

BT trials new networking tech for ‘internet of things’

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