Apps

A Brave and Better World? The iPad and the Future of Planning

John D. Landis gazes into the future and sees a bold new world in which Planners are replaced by a system of Internet-based applications that conduct analysis and interpretation more easily, quickly, cheaply, and reliably than humans. Alas, not all is lost, Landis also offers some consoling words on the planning activities for which humans are irreplaceable.

7 February 2012 - 2:00pm

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Empowering Civic Engagement

Tools for civic engagement -- there's an app for that. The Knight Foundation announces Engagement Commons, a comprehensive catalogue of civic engagement software.

17 January 2012 - 7:00am

Knight Blog

California Govt. Leaping into 21st Century Technology

Ariel Schwartz writes that California is poised to make a significant leap into Gov 2.0, with Apps for reporting graffiti and potholes, crowdsourcing solutions to local issues, and more.

20 October 2011 - 2:00pm

Fast Company

Rewarding Bikes and Peds for Leaving Their Cars at Home

How is the City of London incentivizing bike and ped commuters for helping improve the air? There's an App for that.

17 October 2011 - 7:00am

Fast Company

The Mall, Your Smartphone, and You

Elaine Misonzhnik says the time is soon coming where having a smartphone at the mall will be a necessity instead of a luxury.

21 September 2011 - 8:00am

Retail Traffic Magazine

App Allows Motorists To Auction Free Curb Parking Spots

Shoup might love it or hate it. Rather than allowing the city, neighborhood, or homeowner to profit from unpriced curb parking by establishing a “parking benefit district”, the transient motorist auctions the spot upon departure...on an iPhone!

1 September 2011 - 9:00am

DNAinfo.com

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Psst - Wanna Buy A Parking Spot?

A new app puts parking spots on the open market, as drivers sell access to the spots they are vacating.

16 August 2011 - 8:00am

GOOD Magazine

Best Apps for Building and Construction

Houston Neal from Software Advice picks the best apps for construction, from carpentry and electrical calculators to design tools like REVIT and Google SketchUp.

29 August 2010 - 1:00pm

Software Advice

iPhone App Brings Art to the Streets

A new App from the Museum of London uses geo tagging and Google Maps to identify locations seen in their artwork, giving users the ability to see how the historic site used to look.

25 May 2010 - 11:00am

Creative Review

How Mobile Apps Will Change Your City

Gigaom looks at a handful of "augmented reality" apps, both current and projected, that create an interface between the internet and the world around us.

3 February 2010 - 5:00am

Gigaom