Meter readers outline lost jobs; Hydro pledges greater efficiency
Lost jobs or lost electricity? Two sides of the smart meter debate came to the City of North Vancouver to make their cases before council Monday.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
5 Ways The Smart City Will Change How We Live In 2012
Five predictions on how smarter buildings will impact daily life and efficiency of our cities, from IBM’s Smarter Buildings division.
By 2050, the world’s population is projected to be more than 9 billion, with roughly 70% of people residing in urban areas. With more people flocking to cities, there is an urgent demand for smarter, more sustainable cities.
Posted in: smart city
City Google ….. Coming soon? Smart Cities Search engine…
Posted in: smart city
Monday, January 9, 2012
6 Startups to Watch in 2012
An Olympic games, a U.S. presidential election and the end of the world are already planned for 2012, but we’re more excited about the startups.
Here are six of them (in no particular order) that we expect to help define the coming year. We chose companies based on the momentum they gained in 2011, promising new takes on old problems and, in one case, the possibility of an IPO.
Posted in: Business Management
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Cisco Finally Drops ūmi
When Cisco
Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO)
started its restructuring last year, it wasn't hard to pick ūmi as likely cut.
Like the Flip camera, ūmi was part of Cisco's push to put video networking in
consumers' hands. But some of us contended from the start that this didn't have
to be Cisco's job. It's not as if video's success was a question, especially
with the iPhone having already become a big deal.
Posted in: ICT
