Technology isolates us. We end up with our faces glued to our computer or smartphone screens, and miss what’s going on in the world around us. It makes us antisocial and lazy. And if we’re not careful, it could take us on a one-way trip straight into Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. That’s what some people might have you believe. I, for one, don’t agree. Not entirely. A little over a week ago, I came across a video in which a Mongolian family experiencedseeing their photosfor the first time....

How Oxfordshire is using connected vehicles to predict accident hotspots Insights The project has receivedfunding from the government’s Innovate UK. “Soon every new vehicle will be a connected vehicle, and we see this as an opportunity to reduce road traffic incidents and save lives in a significant way,” said Jon Scott, Project Lead, City Insights, Ford Mobility, Europe. “By collaborating with leading innovators, experts and academics – and with the backing of Innovate UK – we truly believe we can help improve mobility for millions around the world....

You might think thatPaper Glider, created by UK app developers Neon Play, stood a pretty low chance of becoming the 10 billionth app download, but if your app is already pushing 400,000 downloads a day, you might find the odds are a little in your favour. On Saturdaywe announcedthat Apple had registered its 10 billionth app download, a significant achievement for the Cupertino-based company. Hours later, Applesent out a press releasestating Gail Davis of Kent had downloaded the iPhone and iPod Touch game Paper Glider, winning a $10,000 gift card to spend on any Apple product or service....

How Paris is tackling inequalities in its transport sector How women move in the Paris region Landmark studies on European mobility identify different mobility behaviors between men and women. Such findings are confirmed when we look at the statistics on mobility patterns in the Paris Region. Mobility patterns between men and women differ in choices of mode, purpose, trip frequency, length and duration (Observatoire des déplacements à Paris; 2012): Shared mobility started appearing in the region in 2007 with the launch of the shared bicycle system, but it really proliferated after 2016 with the introduction of new car, motorcycle, bicycle and kick-scooter services....

Recently, we have been reporting an increasing number of lawsuits, particularly in the mobile industry. As smartphone innovation moves forward at an increasing rate, manufacturers including Apple, HTC, Nokia and Google have been moving to protect developments in their mobile operating systems, at times taking legal action against companies that leverage the very same ideas they sought to protect. More recently, a new wave of “patent trolls” have emerged, issuing warnings and filing lawsuits against the likes of Apple and Google, but also the developers that support the platform....