Miguel Gamino Jr, CIO discusses what makes San Francisco a Smart City
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Miguel Gamino Jr, CIO discusses what makes San Francisco a Smart City

Miguel A Gamiño Jr. serves the City and County of San Francisco as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Executive Director of the Department of Technology. As the San Francisco CIO, Mr. Gamiño provides thought leadership and the strategic direction for San Francisco’s use of technology. He advises Mayor Edwin M. Lee, Board of Supervisors, and City … Continue reading

WEEKLY NEWS #41 – White House gets serious about smart cities with $160 million pledge
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WEEKLY NEWS #41 – White House gets serious about smart cities with $160 million pledge

Every week, PRIME and French Tech Hub publish the Weekly TechWatch, a short blog post collecting the key news we came across during the past week. Ed-Tech Why Edtech Companies Can’t Explain What They Do  ClassDojo launches new tool to simplify parent-teacher communication  Facebook Moves Into ‘Personalized Learning’ With Charter Network  IoT Salesforce Announces New … Continue reading

Cool Paris – Reversing climate change in cities
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Cool Paris – Reversing climate change in cities

A revolutionary demonstration project – inspired by research on photonic membranes from Stanford University –presented in the center of Paris as part of the initiatives for the UN Climate Change Summit COP21. Scientist, engineers and designers from Transsolar, an international climate engineering firm, and Carlo Ratti Associati, a design and innovation consul-tancy founded by Massachusetts … Continue reading

Smarter Paris: the mobile app that gives Paris tourists a warm welcome
Digital Media / Smart City

Smarter Paris: the mobile app that gives Paris tourists a warm welcome

With 47 million visitors a year, the Paris Region is the world’s top tourist destination. How can it ensure an even better experience for visitors? Via innovation, of course! The message was received loud and clear by Smarter City Guides, a Paris startup that just launched its first mobile tourist guide. Using technology for better … Continue reading

GreenBiz extends VERGE event series in Silicon Valley through 2017
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GreenBiz extends VERGE event series in Silicon Valley through 2017

PRIME/French tech Hub is a partner of Greenbiz and we team up on our respective annual Energy/Sustainability events – CAFFEET and VergeSF. GreenBiz provides intelligent, focused content on business, technology and sustainability for people from every industry and discipline. GreenBiz Group will bring its rapidly growing VERGE event series to the heart of the Silicon Valley, and … Continue reading

Weekly News #30 – Apple Moves to Block iPhone App-Scanning
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Weekly News #30 – Apple Moves to Block iPhone App-Scanning

Every week, PRIME and French Tech Hub publish the Weekly TechWatch, a short blog post collecting the key news we came across during the past week. Healthcare/Medtech Google X is developing a wearable for clinical research The Struggle for Accurate Measurements on Your Wrist FDA hints it will show ‘additional flexibility’ when it comes to … Continue reading

[Interview] SIGFOX to be as open as possible to foster tech partnerships
Internet of Things / Smart City

[Interview] SIGFOX to be as open as possible to foster tech partnerships

During the last Inria Industry Meeting organized by PRIME in San Francisco on Smart City, we had the pleasure to interview Francois Oudot. Oudot is Customer Project Manager at SIGFOX in San Francisco. He shared with us Sigfox’s modus operandi on how to work with startups. Why is Sigfox involved in smart cities initiatives? At Sigfox, … Continue reading

Weekly news #29 – CVS to acquire Target’s pharmacy business for $1.9 billion
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Weekly news #29 – CVS to acquire Target’s pharmacy business for $1.9 billion

Every week, PRIME and French Tech Hub publish the Weekly TechWatch, a short blog post collecting the key news we came across during the past week. Healthcare/Medtech Singapore’s Temasek leads $40M financing for sleep monitoring startup Hello With $2B acquisition of Welch Allyn, Hill-Rom to add diagnostics, patient monitoring Philips, Siemens score big hospital bundling … Continue reading