City of Sydney is supporting a wave of new pop-up events, bars, restaurants and live music venues with free how-to classes for enterprising people who have great ideas, but need help with all the paperwork. > more
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ClearOne recently launched the MagicBox WebSuite digital signage software platform that allows users to control their entire signage network from any web browser at any location. > more 
One city, Vancouver in Canada has been supporting electric vehicles, as part of its goals to be the greenest city in the world. Readers in other cities may find these ideas of interest. > more 
Small business arts forum on creatively financing growth in the arts from Toronto, Canada. > more 
Pittsburgh-based company developed Dispense-A-Pill to manage not only scheduled pills, but as-needed medications, as well as eye drops, insulin injections, topical creams, liquids, and inhalers. Up to eight different medications per day without limiting the number of dispenses. > more 
U.S. jail inmate population declined for a third consecutive year, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced recently. > more 
On June 5, 2012, the planet Venus will move across the face of the sun. Such transits of Venus are among the rarest of planetary alignments, and they come in pairs that are eight years apart but separated by more than a century. The public is invited to a free lecture on May 8 being held at the Library of Congress, about the rare Venus transit event. > more 
Growing Blue has launched the Water Impact Index (WIIX) Calculator, a new web-based tool designed to measure and reduce the impact of human activity on local water resources. Unlike other calculators, the metrics in this calculator are not solely volume basis. > more 
Composite economic indexes released for Australia by not-for-profit the Conference Board, predicted moderate economic growth, among softening conditions. City data from 2thinknow predicted spiky economic outcomes at city level. > more 
Facebook partnered with Microsoft and major antivirus software providers like Sophos, to reduce social media attacks. > more 
In an effort to boost start-ups and assist small and high growth businesses, Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announces a new ordinance to make Chicago’s licensing system simpler and smarter by reducing the number of required licenses by 60 percent, from 117 to 49. > more 
“The project promises to be the centre of innovation and collaboration in the CBD and will help diversify its business base.” The Lord Mayor said she liked the idea that the SpaceCubed hub would liven up the former Reserve Bank building in St Georges Terrace and the banks old vaults. > more 
Organic food sales now represent 4.2 percent of all U.S. food sales, up from 4 percent in 2010. Consumers have driven the U.S. organic industry to grow by 9.5 percent last year, to reach $31.5 billion in sales. > more 
Mobile and smartphone technology was identified by fliers as a key innovation experience driver, in the annual air travel survey of fliers released by travel site TripAdvisor. > more 
San Francisco-based tech company, AJP Apps, offers a new way to view Twitter with their photo-centric iOS app, Twizgrid. > more |
      
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