Articles for Global Roundup

Google sets up marketplace to buy patents

The online marketplace aims to remove friction from the patent market especially for smaller participants who sometimes end up working with patent trolls

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France's govt wants emergency surveillance powers

French PM Manuel Valls is urging for a new intelligence bill to bring in extraordinary measures in times of crises that threaten citizens' security

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China to invest Social Security Fund in local govt bonds

For the first time China has allowed its $367 bn Social Security Fund to invest in local government bonds to bail out the debt-ridden provincial governments whose outstanding loans surpasssed $3 trillion

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A look at smart cities around the world

"While the combined Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region represents the largest number of smart cities at present, within a decade Asia-Pacific will take the lead"

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Smartphones to monitor real-time air pollution

Researchers in Barcelona, Spain, equipped more than 50 school children with smartphones that could track their location and physical activity

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Beyond Traffic - Planning for the Future of Transportation

In state capitals and in city halls, it is time to sound the alarm bell: the future is calling. A view from the US

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The Barriers to Shared Data and How to Overcome Them

Promising new approaches have emerged to overcome rules that inhibit the sharing of information critical to evidence-based policymaking

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