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E-commerce companies should deliberately build systems that are structured to provide supportive business environments for small and medium enterprises.
Australia has lagged behind some other countries in its investment in smart cities, but in retrospect that may not have been such a bad thing.
Capitalism has become focused on expanding the proportion of social life that is open to data collection and processing – as if the social itself has become the new target of capitalism’s expansion.
There is a way to improve safety across a rapidly evolving range of advanced mobility technologies and vehicles. The answer is connectivity.
The rhetoric of 'smart cities' is dominated by the economic, with little reference to the natural world and its plight. Truly smart and resilient cities need to be more in tune with the planet.
If a person is alone in the forest when a tree falls, but she doesn't notice it because she is texting, does it still count as solitude?
We have come to see being digitally connected as part of the fabric of life in the city, but staying connected is a daily struggle for the marginalised and homeless.
Kampala generates about 60% of Uganda's GDP. In the coming decade urbanisation is the single largest opportunity to spur economic growth in the coming decade.
City dwellers have better access to more information about the people and places around them than ever before, but it has never been more difficult to preserve privacy as a result.
Thin cables about as big around as a garden hose traverse the Earth's oceans carrying all our intercontinental internet data. No one's in charge and no one's defending them.
Increased internet connectivity can spur economic growth throughout Africa. But the continent has a long way to go before it can reap any broadband dividend.
The internet is seen as a luxury item in many parts of Africa .
Smartphones may have been around for a while but demand for digital traffic is still growing fast. During the new year celebrations, mobile providers in the UK and Australia reported a 50% increase in…
There are several large quite expensive pieces of electronic equipment in my house and in most homes that are the site of a long overdue technological revolution. Despite being in the “Internet Age”, most…
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Professor of Public Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Computer Science, University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Digital Cultures, University of Sydney
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Professor of Spatial Information, University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Adjunct Professor, Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Research Fellow, Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney
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Professor of Urban and Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Global Urban Politics, University of Melbourne
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Professor responsible for ICT, Open Distance and e-Learning, Organizational Architecture, Open Education Resources (OERs),, University of South Africa
