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Superblocks, Barcelona Answer to Car-Centric City
Barcelona wants to be the world’s best city for people. To reclaim the public space and community living that residents lost to cars over the last century, the city, in the spirit of the original design by Cerdà, is transforming mobility and access to public space by introducing the Superblock. When Catalan urban planner Ildefons […]
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American Cloud Providers Rejoice as Microsoft Wins Foreign Server Case
Last week the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the FBI can’t force Microsoft to produce and turn over the emails of a suspected drug dealer stored in the company’s data centers in Ireland. The court decision stated: “We conclude that § 2703 of the Stored Communications Act does not […]
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Mobile Industry Asks EU to Relax Rules for 5G as Brexit Could Affect Roadmap
The unexpected result of last month’s Brexit vote has created a well-documented wave of troubles for the financial markets, a significant drop in the value of the pound, and a sudden freeze on major new investments in the UK. It has also created headaches for the European wireless industry, which has been working against the […]
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Disloyal Employees the Biggest Security Threat
One in five employees is willing to leak confidential information, and 30% of them say that they will sell their work-related passwords for less than $1,000, according to Sailpoint 2016 Market Pulse Survey findings. The release of the Panama Papers is adding to the debate. When it comes to creating enterprise-level security for your company, […]
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Barcelona Facing New Housing Problems, and Airbnb
Barcelona is facing increasing pressure on its housing market, primarily in rental prices. The Mediterranean city, which last year became the third most popular European destination after Paris and London, is facing a new housing crisis. Barcelona Eixample Rents are being pushed up by lack of new housing stock, an increase in “sharing economy” rentals, […]
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After Brexit, London’s Fintech Future is Foggy at Best
Londoners are furious at their fellow Brits. Residents of the capital and surrounding counties voted unequivocally to keep the United Kingdom in the European Union. But their compatriots further north — in fact almost everywhere in England and Wales outside the home counties — voted “Leave”, starting a derailing process that will take the UK out of European institutions […]
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Brexit Effect: 8 Ways Tech Will Feel The Pain
The United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union in a landmark vote conducted June 23. Despite last minute appeals to remain from leaders in the UK, Europe, and elsewhere around the world, British citizens voted 51.9 % to 48.1% in favor of “Brexit,” as leaving the EU became known. In the wake of the […]
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Mobile World Congress Coming to America in 2017
GSMA Mobile World Congress Americas to Launch in San Francisco in September next year Barcelona doesn’t need to worry. The GSMA will keep its flagship event, the original Mobile World Congress (MWC), in the Catalan capital at least until 2023, since it committed to that when it renewed the contract last year. A new edition […]
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New WiFi Standards White-Fi and HaLow for IoT Connectivity
While 5G promises the possibility of fast low-cost connections and the ability to support of 100x more devices, the IoT industry can’t wait until those new 5G networks are ready and operating worldwide before deploying the billions of devices that will be online by the end of this decade. To avoid the saturation of existing […]
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Local Motors Launches “Olli” in Washington, DC
Local Motors, the leading vehicle technology integrator and creator of the world’s first 3D-printed cars, introduced the first self-driving vehicle to integrate the advanced cognitive computing capabilities of IBM Watson. The very first Olli will remain in National Harbor this summer, and the public will be able to interact with it during select times over […]