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ReadWriteWeb ran a series of posts outlining the 5 biggest, most cutting edge Internet trends of this year: Structured Data, Real-Time Web, Personalization, Mobile Web / Augmented Reality, Internet of Things. This is ReadWriteWeb’s State of the Web 2009. Continue reading…

The 1st European Innovation Summit (EIS), to be organised by the Knowledge4Innovation on 13-14 October, will turn the European Parliament into an Innovation Showcase. Highlights include a “Welcome reception” Continue reading…

The XXI ISPIM Conference – The Dynamics of Innovation – will be held in Bilbao, Spain on 6-9 June 2010. Organised by ISPIM and hosted by Innobasque, Continue reading…

Google’s Project 10¹⁰⁰ (pronounced “Project 10 to the 100th”) is a call for ideas to change the world, in the hope of helping as many people as possible. Continue reading…

On September 14th and 15th entrepreneurs from all over the world attended TechCrunch50 2009 conference. It’s a two-day annual event held in San Francisco, where 50 selected companies launch their business on stage in front of a big crowd of media, investors, and industry players. Continue reading…

The Gov2.0 2009 summit has been concluded on the 10th of September 2009. Creators and innovators, citizens, and government leaders got engaged in this first Summit on the next stage in governance: Gov 2.0. It is reported to be the first major meeting of thought leaders from the information industry, not-for-profits, citizen creators of applications, and decision-makers from all levels of government that are and will change and improve the ways that businesses are carried out. Continue reading…

Two short videos explain what Cloud Computing is and why it’s faster, lower cost and doesn’t eat up your valuable IT resources. Continue reading…

The book “How to build a Digital City” by Marc Canter – CEO, Digital City Mechanics, is an intense study of the software infrastructure required to build out a Digital City. It’s a step by step guide in how to develop that on-line environment which will mesh in a wide range of participants, vendors, content sources and existing web properties. Continue reading…

The UK’s Royal Society has recently published the findings of a major study on the role of science in services sector innovation. Entitled “Hidden Wealth: the contribution of science to service sector innovation”, the report highlights the wider significance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to the services sector, which makes up around three quarters of the UK economy. Continue reading…

Dennis Frenchman describes technology networks built into urban environments that produce streams of data that not only reveal how a city works, but allow better real-time management of systems. Continue reading…