How existing streetside tech can be reinvented for the future Kerb appeal One emerging asset class desperately crying out for reimagination now is the lowly kerb and sidewalk — a crumbling city expenditure where pedestrians trip and accessibility literally falls apart, requiring city lawyers and public works employees to collaborate on improvements. Like the obsolete pay phone structures, why can’t the kerb become something more? Capturing, reimagining and unlocking the full value of this asset requires a bold local government environment open to challenging thoughts, combined with new technologies and data....

Celebrities and Twitter have gone hand in hand from the very early days of Twitter, when it became clear how celebrities could use their followings to promote new products or launches. We’ve had celebrity battles on Twitter between Oprah and Ashton Kutcher,celebrities in trouble on Twitterand more than a few high profile celebrity impersonators. But the power of Twitter for celebrities is extending far beyond building a reach for their own work, into supporting other businesses in return for financial reward (though this isn’t always the case)....

We write about Facebook and its new features that pop up quite often but its most important to see how the world’s biggest social network is slowly trying to take over your blog or website. Most people think of Facebook as a social network or a self contained website but it’s so much more and as you can see below it’s starting to creep into more and more parts of your site....

“From the open-floor plan to quick turnaround from internal tests to production traffic, Facebook has always been obsessed with moving fast and iterating on ideas.”Pedram KeyanifromWhat it’s like to work at Facebook? So how does a site with over 600 million members and over 300 million daily visitors push updates to its site? With new features, bug fixes and product improvements added every day and over 500 engineers all working on improving things, keen to get their updates live, what are the nitty gritty processes that make it happen?...

Liberals on Facebook are given one picture of ExxonMobil. To them, the multibillion-dollar oil giant sells itself as turning over a new leaf, exploring “carbon capture” techniques that put carbon back into the ground. If you’re a conservative, Exxon has a very different message: “The oil and gas industry is THE engine that powers America’s economy,” reads one ad targeted at conservatives. “Help us make sure unnecessary regulations don’t slow energy growth....