Josh Levin, Director of Economic Development at the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office, looked at the landscape of Brooklyn tech: it was booming, with passionate founders aiming to make the world a bit better by leveraging technology. Missing only was an international bridge to make it easier for companies like Etsy to expand beyond Brooklyn and… Continue reading Start Alliance: Cities help ideas to spread faster
Category: Trends in NYC
Chatbots for Smarter Cities
AI Chatbots are not just a tech trend. Many SMEs and corporations have incorporated this technology into its processes with increasing success. With major backers from the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, etc. chatbots will continue to interact with us. Creedence Research estimates the global market for the tech to be at over $1… Continue reading Chatbots for Smarter Cities
Amazon’s HQ2 Could Spike Urban Housing Costs
What effects on housing could Amazon’s HQ2 have on the winning US city? Brookings, the Washington DC based think tank, this week published a report with a study on Seattle’s growth in housing prices over the past five years. Costs increased 10.3% from 2012 – 2017, over 4% the national average. Jenny Schuetz, Fellow at Brookings and… Continue reading Amazon’s HQ2 Could Spike Urban Housing Costs
New York City’s “Smart” Initiatives
As the US’s most populated city and one of the most diverse, NYC is also one of the smartest. In 2016, at the Global Smart City Awards, NYC was recognized as the best smart city and it has only increased its efforts to become a leader in urban technology since. This award was announced at… Continue reading New York City’s “Smart” Initiatives
Positive Trends in Funding for First Half of ’17
Crunchbase released a report this week demonstrating a healthier status for VC funding in Q2 2017 than in five previous quarters. Inside The Q2 2017 Global Venture Capital Ecosystem notes that “with two successive quarters of growth…, as well as a growing appetite on the part of the public for shares in venture-backed startups, there’s a… Continue reading Positive Trends in Funding for First Half of ’17
Report States European Startups Favour U.S. for Funding
In June 2017, Mind the Bridge, an entrepreneurial education program, in partnership with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a U.S. law firm focused on innovation and tech, released a report on European “dual companies” [EDCs] and their migration to the US in search of funding. These dual companies have their headquarters abroad with a strong operations… Continue reading Report States European Startups Favour U.S. for Funding
The Worryingly Low-cost of producing Fake News
Fake news is a real problem as we know. Now a new report has put some numbers to the costs of running a fake-news campaign, revealing that a key part of the problem may be that doing so is incredibly affordable.Want an 800-word fake news article written by Chinese content marketer Xiezuobang? That’ll be $30. How about… Continue reading The Worryingly Low-cost of producing Fake News
Is Transportation the Key to Smart Cities?
New York City held its Smart City NYC conference earlier this month, and while it covered many topics, we at New York International honed in on smart urban transportation and what it means for the future. Alongside the smart city conference, we held our own FutureM conference—a series of targeted discussions and events to really… Continue reading Is Transportation the Key to Smart Cities?
Upcoming Future-M Conference in New York
New York International, together with the Daimler CASE leadership team, is organizing a series of roundtable discussions on the future of urban development and mobility on May 2-5 in New York City. The goal is to explore key trends and innovation in urban development and mobility through rapidly changing times.Like our recent Future-C Conference, It will… Continue reading Upcoming Future-M Conference in New York
How VR is Bringing Journalism to Life
The demand for VR experiences is rapidly growing, and some news organizations have already begun to experiment in the space. The New YorkTimes, who were involved in our Future-C conference, have launched their free app (NYT VR) where users can watch news stories from around the world in VR format.Caleb Garling of Wired suggests VR in journalism… Continue reading How VR is Bringing Journalism to Life