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Manchester wins bid to lead smart cities project

...Manchester has been chosen to lead a £2m Europe-wide 'Smart Cities' internet initiative. A bid led by the city council has won European... Read more

17 December, 2010 by Kable

How Birmingham is delivering £1.5bn savings with transformational IT

...CRM system, making them available to the public through the website. Birmingham City Council is providing more services online to residents(Photo credit: Shutterstock) Systems... Read more

14 June, 2010 by Nick Heath

Google Maps for Android adds transit info for 400 cities

...app now includes stop-by-stop transit navigation for more than 400 cities worldwide. The Google Maps for Android app now includes stop-by-stop... Read more

7 July, 2011 by Rachel King

Google chooses Kansas City as broadband test hub

...Google has announced that Kansas City, Kansas will be the testing city for the company's ultra-high... Read more

31 March, 2011 by Caroline McCarthy

Cisco pledges $500m to East London Tech City

...the UK, part of which will go towards the East London Tech City scheme to develop a competitor to Silicon Valley in the British capital... Read more

31 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

ICO censures Portsmouth City Council over data breach

...Portsmouth City Council has been censured by the information commissioner after it revealed someone... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Kable

Google set to build backbone of its 1Gbps fibre network

...Google is ready to start laying fibre-optic lines in two US cities for its Google Fiber project to catalyse a shift toward higher-speed... Read more

7 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

Tech City triples in size during its first year

David Cameron hails success of London's Silicon Valley... Tech City - the East London-based hub for digital and media startups - has tripled... Read more

11 November, 2011 by Nick Heath

Cameron helps Tech City celebrate first anniversary

...Prime minister David Cameron has pledged support for Tech City as the East London project celebrates its first anniversary. Cameron said that... Read more

10 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Birmingham City Council transfers IT roles to India

...will result from the transfer of IT roles to Pune, IndiaPhoto: Birmingham City Council A joint venture that serves Birmingham City Council is planning to... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Manchester adopts web-based service for deaf people

...Manchester City Council has launched a service that will enable residents with hearing problems... Read more

30 December, 2010 by Kable

NYC anti-piracy campaign warns file-sharing 'kills jobs'

...New York City is telling citizens that "piracy doesn't work" as part of a... Read more

24 December, 2010 by Greg Sandoval

Cisco ploughs money into Russia's Silicon Valley

...going toward the UK's Silicon Valley-inspired effort, East London Tech City. We are not only creating employment opportunities for the brightest talent in... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Jack Clark

Google aims to speed fibre rollout with bendy strip

...on a project to bring super-fast fiber-optic broadband to Kansas City.For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Google patent application... Read more

5 March, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

Photos: Offered - two Olympic Park buildings, one careful owner. Would suit tech companies

...on the site was mooted as part of the government's Tech City initiative - a plan announced last year to boost the cluster of digital... Read more

7 November, 2011 by Jo Best

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