Philadelphia's Center City District continues to innovate when it comes to retaining the young talent the city has worked so hard to attract by making the core appealing to that same talent once they couple and have kids.  Today the Center City District launched a new website, KidsinCenterCity.com,…

Here's a remarkable new piece of technology that maps London according to price, commute time, and other attributes (even how scenic various neighborhoods are).  It's called Mapumental and a short video on the technology ought to be viewed by all urban leaders.  (Stick with the video.  The capability…

How cool is this?  Using cell-phone and taxi GPS data, Sense Networks can produce heat maps that show activity at hot spots across a city. Currently, the service, called Citysense, only works in San Francisco, but it will launch in New York in the next few…

A new survey by the Pew Research Center finds that "One of the major impacts of the internet and cell phones is that they have enabled more people to do work at least occasionally from home. Some 45% of employed Americans report doing at least some work from home…

Google obviously sees great potential in new tools that enable people to get involved in producing their own creative content and to recombine content in new ways, as their latest $15 million investment suggests.

Google have purchased a California-based startup, launched by three young Australians, focused on making…

Harriet Tregoning, head of the D.C. Office of Planning shares her insights on ways that cities can begin to think about capturing the Green Dividend.