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
Tag Archives: Smart City
Weekly News #44 – Top 13 Predictions for the Future of Banking
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 5 Steps to Build a Successful Blended Learning Program MDM in Education: Sometimes Necessary, Never Sufficient Tech in the Right Hands Pushes STEM to the Future Healthcare/Medtech … Continue reading
Weekly News #43 – IBM’s New Carbon Nanotubes Could Move Chips Beyond Silicon
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 EDUCAUSE 2015: What You Need to Know Before the Show 5 Apps to Empower College Students’ Study Skills Healthcare/Medtech Who’s most at risk if the U.S. cracks … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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