WordPress.com for Cities

Posted at 1 December 2012 in Platforms, Apps, Solutions

WordPress.com, the hosted solution of the world’s most popular open source CMS, launched WordPress.com/cities as the go-to place for starting a site for a city or other municipal body.

Visualization: The City of The Future

Posted at 12 January 2012 in Platforms, Apps, Solutions, Virtual Innovation Environment

In 2016, it’s estimated that $39.5 billion will be spent on smart city technology, up from $8.1 billion in 2010. Cisco produced an infographic to show how these investments are making smarter cities.

Web 2.0 Map: “The Data Layer”

Posted at 13 November 2011 in Platforms, Apps, Solutions, Virtual Innovation Environment

The 2011 edition of the Web 2.0 Map showcases the incumbents and upstarts in our network economy, gathered around various territories that represent the Web 2.0’s Points of Control. This year the creators have introduced “The Data Layer”, where for the top companies in the industry they have built “cities of data” which illustrate the relative strengths of each company in eight key segments.