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What Is 5G, and Why Will It Take So Long to Arrive?
5G mobile connectivity promises to bring faster speeds, enabling higher-bandwidth technology like virtual reality. But don't expect to see it soon. If one can cut through all the noise surrounding 5G,...
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A Dog's-Eye (Street) View
Dog’s-Eye View While most Google Street View footage is shot from the roof of a car, a new option in one Japanese city is getting a little closer to the ground. Odate is a city in the Akita...
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Technology Guides Blind Transit Riders Right to the Bus Door
Bluetooth technology, crowdsourcing, and connected devices are making mobility easier for blind, visually impaired or disabled transit riders. In Boston, transit officials, through a partnership with...
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Pennsylvania's Engagement Efforts Center on Transparency and Citizen-Focused...
When it comes to effectively engaging with citizens, Pennsylvania Chief Information Officer John MacMillan points to a couple current efforts as evidence of the state's priorities. "We're looking for...
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Incubating Innovation: Bloomberg Mayors Challenge Profiles, Part 6
The 34 cities participating in the Bloomberg Mayors Challenge are a diverse bunch, ranging from major metropolises to modest towns, from West Coast tech hubs to cities that are just starting to...
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Privacy, Ethics and Regulation in Our New World of Artificial Intelligence
New applications with technology are simply amazing. From new uses of data analytics to artificial intelligence and machine learning, our world is rapidly transforming before our eyes. But what are...
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Kansas' Digital Services Platform iKan Pushes New Governor’s Focus on Tech
Kansas residents are now able to renew vehicle registration with their mobile phones thanks to iKan, a digital services platform launched by the state last month. While early functionality is mostly...
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The Next Great Smart City Challenge: Public Health (Contributed)
These days, smart city stories are ubiquitous. But few are talking about the way smart city technology can affect public health. As current transportation and infrastructure-focused smart city...
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Here's What a Blockchain Property Deed Looks Like
What does a government document look like when it’s put on the blockchain? Well, it looks a lot like a regular, old government document. That’s the case in South Burlington, Vt., at least. The city,...
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Securing the Smart City
What does it mean to be a “smart city” in 2018? All over the world, smart trash cans are turning what used to be 14 trash collections a week into just three pick-ups by utilizing smart compactors....
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Tampa and University of South Florida to Study Smart Transportation
Central Florida will explore smart transportation projects through a new agreement with the University of South Florida. Tampa Bay officials signed a memorandum of understanding with the Center for...
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South Dakota County Still Struggles with Google Email
A South Dakota county that is home to the state’s third largest city has made considerable progress but continues to face an unidentified communications issue that is delaying or preventing delivery...
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RSA 2018: Looking to the Future of Cybersecurity
SAN FRANCISCO — At two separate panels during the 2018 RSA Conference April 17, law and cybersecurity experts seemed to reach a consensus: Everyone everywhere is lagging behind when it comes to...
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NYC to Set Up Real-Time Monitoring for Service Availability of Public Wi-Fi...
New York City, which is already bridging the gap for many thousands of households without broadband access, will ramp up support for its free public telephones and Wi-Fi by using technology to answer...
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Tyler Technologies Acquires Socrata
Socrata, the company largely responsible for popularizing the concept of open data among state and local government in the U.S., is officially getting acquired. Tyler Technologies, which offers a...
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If Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Online Sales Taxes, Government Needs a...
State and city organization representatives expressed optimism that the U.S. Supreme Court would ultimately give the green light for states to collect and remit sales taxes on Internet-based...
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Managing Citizen Engagement Overload
The government gets more feedback than it can handle. In part, that's because public-sector leaders have asked for it. Public officials want increased citizen engagement. But part of the overload...
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Pennsylvania Sets Stage for Increased AV Oversight
The commonwealth of Pennsylvania has drafted guidelines for autonomous vehicle testing, but it’s unclear whether car manufacturers will comply. Without legislative action, there’s still no requirement...
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Emergency Response Data Provider RapidSOS Raises $16M
RapidSOS, a startup known for linking traffic accident, personal health and other on-location data to emergency responders, has raised $16 million in investment funding. The round — which RapidSOS...
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What’s New in Civic Tech: New Report Finds 7,000 Startups, $71 Billion...
A new report says New York City is now home to more than 7,000 startups, with a $71 billion associated ecosystem that provides more than 326,000 jobs in tech. The report, dubbed the Global Startup...
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