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As in venture capital, a trial-and-error approach can help gradually gain trust for big ideas. Yet precisely because of their proximity to residents, cities can be even more innovative and risk-taking when it comes to working with people, including through venture civics — a process that involves providing start-up capital to incubate and invest in promising ideas that foster civic engagement and democratic participation.
What Cities Can Learn From Venture Capital
bloomberg.com
One woman told me she thought children might throw fallen apples at cars or building windows. (The trees at issue in the emergency legislation are linden, not apple.)
Who Speaks for the Trees?
theatlantic.com
Apple and Google have a financial interest in keeping developers happy, but both have taken steps to limit location data collection. In the most recent version of Android, apps that are not in use can collect locations “a few times an hour,” instead of continuously.
Apple has been stricter, for example requiring apps to justify collecting location details in pop-up messages. But Apple’s instructions for writing these pop-ups do not mention advertising or data sale, only features like getting “estimated travel times.”
Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret
nytimes.com
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