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Apps Speak Louder Than Words
It is hardly possible to remember when the word “smart” was first used to describe a service, or some kind of technology, or a city. Shortly after we heard someone speak about smartphones for the first time, we were speaking of smart...
Dutch cities collaborate on Open and Agile Smart Cities
Amersfoort – Six Dutch cities signed the Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) letter of intent to join an initiative that will create smart cities based on the needs of cities and communities. Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Enschede,...
Opening the Data Pipeline for Smart Services – European Data Portal
Data is the fuel for any smart service. So a new partnership between FIWARE and the European Data Portal is instrumental in opening a fountain of open data sources from European cities and nations able to be used in the design and delivery of...
Porto, a City that Has Become a Real-time Guide
Imagine walking or driving through a city and the city itself tells you which trendy spots to check out, where to park your car in that moment, or which areas to avoid because of air quality or traffic congestion. In Porto, Portugal, this vision...
Interest in FIWARE Platform Accelerates With Uptake by Global City Team Challenge
Following FIWARE’s participation at Global City Team Challenge workshops in New York last week, a new wave of projects are being designed by cities around the world to make use of the FIWARE platform. The Global City Team Challenge - being led...
FIWARE presence at Smart City Expo World Congress 2015
FIWARE will attend Smart City Expo World Congress (Barcelona), the world´s leading smart city event, where the most innovative and influential smart city thinkers will attend, including global, national and regional representatives,...
Connecterra wins the Alpha Pitch at Web Summit
“Yesterday was a big day for us”, reads on the 18th of September the blog of Connecterra, one of the startups that have been selected for the FIWARE Accelerator Programme by Smart AgriFood. “At our first ever startup pitch...
FIWARE will meet you in ECFI again!
Today, within the ICT domain, developers, accelerators stakeholders, start-ups and investors share the goal to achieve global leadership in ICT by the year 2020. This means that it is important to bring everyone together in order to discuss...
FIWARE presence at ICT Lisbon 2015
“Innovate, Connect, Transform”, that is the motto of ICT, the meeting point organized by the European Commission that, from the 20th to the 22nd of October, gathered projects, institutions and public-private partnerships, among many...