People like to live in certain places, even when higher wages are on offer elsewhere. Gabriel Ahlfeldt, Fabian Bald, Duncan Roth and Tobias Seidel show that once you take into account people’s preferences, large cities offer a higher quality of life than previously thought. More than 50 per cent of the world’s population lives in … Read more
Singapore leads six other APAC cities that made the top 10 of the Safe Cities Index (SCI) 2021 released yesterday by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The other APAC cities are Sydney, Tokyo, Wellington, Hong Kong and Melbourne. Now on its fourth edition, the index, is the centre piece of a research project sponsored by … Read more
Beijing, Seoul, Singapore and Sydney made it to the top 10 of the recently released Digital Cities Index 2022, which ranked 30 global cities across four thematic pillars: connectivity, services, culture and sustainability. The four Asia Pacific cities are joined on top of the list by Copenhagen, Amsterdam, London and Paris in Europe and New … Read more
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are popular, yes, but these protocols are not designed to support the growing number of IoT applications. Where security and reliable connection to a local wireless network is required. Long-range wireless communications technologies provide the answer provided you can solve the power requirements needed to sustain the connection. Low Power Wide Area … Read more
What caught my eye this week. Data from MoneySuperMarket on household disposable income was presented by This Is Money this week as a regional ranking of which city’s citizens have the most spending power: Disposable income is defined here as what you have left to spend after paying some 31 kinds of outgoings – from rent … Read more