May 25, 2018

Startup Digest - Smart Cities - Issue #74

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Smart Cities

All about smart cities and urban innovation: a collection of resources covering innovations and developments in a wide range of topics like e-government, connected things, open data, civic tech and sustainability.

Dear smart citizens and urban innovators,

Welcome to a new issue of #SmartCitiesDigest and thanks for subscribing!

I hope you enjoy the reading — if you do, please spread the love and share this newsletter!

See you next week, cheers

Joan Torres

Your city is becoming 'smarter' – and that has much scarier consequences for your data than the Facebook scandal

Even something as simple as a garbage bin can now be connected to the internet and used to collect information that could be sold onto third companies

www.independent.co.uk • Share

Building the smart city: 8 things to get right

Tomorrow’s cities are built by smart city ecosystem architects today. Here’s what they need to focus on to build the future.

www.iotforall.com • Share

Smart city initiatives eschew gadgetry, focus on people

IT pros are finding practical ways to make people-centric smart city initiatives their focus rather than getting distracted by technology.

internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com • Share

Top ten reasons to back smart city investment opportunities

In this article, Ilian Iliev, Managing Director, EcoMachines Ventures, talks to What Investment about investing in smart cities and provides us with his top ten smart city investment themes.

www.whatinvestment.co.uk • Share

The smarter buildings dilemma: To redevelop or start afresh?

Adding smart technology to an older structure could save money, although the advent of more new features makes redevelopment an attractive option.

www.smartcitiesdive.com • Share

6 essential smart city technologies

Technological literacy is key to turn a city into a smart city which is well connected, sustainable and resilient.

www.smartresilient.com • Share

What it means to be a 'smart city' in 2018 — and why we should consider another name

From railroads to sewers to paved roads, cities must improve their infrastructure to avoid fading away. “Smart city” upgrades add a different dimension to the story.

statescoop.com • Share

Techstars Startup Digest Smart Cities is curated by:

Joan Torres - @SmartUrbanite
joan.torres@startupdigestmail.com

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