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I’ve been waiting patiently over the last few days (I’m basically a weekend blogger now) for someone to make what I consider to be an obvious point about why Apple didn’t put a better display into the iPad 2, but – to my knowledge at least – surprisingly, no one has made this observation: It’s all about the apps. AsScoble put it the other day, the iPad’s (whether the “classic” one or the iPad 2) biggest advantage over, well,every other tabletis that the number of native apps that already exist for the “magical/post-PC” device....

Why digital events should be part of your marketing mix Time to add a new flavor to your marketing strategy cocktail. My take-it-or-leave-it-advice Note: if you’re unsure or in doubt if digital events should be part of your marketing mix, a reallygood place to start is to attend a few events(start withTNW Conference) with a small group of people — with marketing and sales at least — to experience and see what can be done, and how digital events can fit into your marketing strategy....

This article was originally published bySarah Wrayin partnership withCityzenithonCities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates, follow Cities Today onTwitter,Facebook,LinkedIn,Instagram, andYouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. In the last year alone, cities worldwide have faced historic flooding, fires and extreme heat – all on top of a global pandemic. This, and a growing urgency to address the climate crisis, has forced urban leaders to face up to the need to act and invest in tools that bolster resilience....

There once was a scrap yard owner who had financial troubles. He had a tough time competing with other scrap yard owners and just didn’t know how to differentiate from them. Then one day he got offered an old russian jet fighter. The plane was stripped of its electronics and guns and in bad shape. It didn’t have any materials he could use so it was basically worthless. He used his last money and bought the plane....

One of my family members has a vanity license plate that reads “4THEFUTR.” It adorns their electric vehicle —and might strike some as excessively boastful. Applauding our own actionscan be perfectly fine, but is there anything morally praiseworthy about driving an electric vehicle (EV)? Manywould say yes, othersaren’t so suresince driving EVs might be environmentally neutral or even harmful when both manufacturing and production are considered — but we should leave those details tothe relevant experts....