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Public sector bodies should act to improve the public’s understanding of the issue, equipping citizens with the skills and knowledge required to make informed decisions about how their data should be leveraged to improve their digital experience.  An informed public means that individuals can intelligently decide how open they want to be with their data, and where they want to live on the spectrum from data hermit to digital extrovert.

Businesses and public sector organizations alike have a responsibility to educate their customers about how their data is being used and to what benefit.  Transparency must lie at the heart of data collection, storage and analysis, but it is not enough.  We must go beyond transparency to clearly explain the risks and the benefits, so that customers can be equipped to make the informed decisions we think lie at the core of a functioning, respectful data economy.

Governments must ensure that privacy regulations imposed on industries are economically feasible and fair.  As the all-IP infrastructure that powers the smartphone revolution has leveled competitive barriers around the planet, it’s essential that privacy regulation reflect this new reality.  Regulations should apply equally to products and services providing equivalent functionality to consumers: same service, same rules. If the phone company is expected to collect customer communications data and make it available to law enforcement when legally required, then so should any communications provider, no matter what their technological underpinnings.

Businesses must wholeheartedly embrace the need to protect their customers’ data.  As more and more data is collected, a richer and richer target is created.  Businesses have a responsibility to be at the leading edge in protecting this resource, and to innovate in giving customers control over how this resource is leveraged on their behalf.

According to Nathan Crilly's Fixation and Creativity in Concept Development, designers concerned with fixation relied heavily on Morphological charts (also known as concept combination tables) to help them “detach themselves from their initial ideas.” 

This is a matrix where design parameters -- the essential elements of a project or functions of a product -- are listed in the left-hand column. To the right of this, the designer outlines various different ways of including that requirement or meeting that specification.

Minerva Tantoco, NYC CTO

Time spent with digital media on smartphones grew 90% between June 2013 and June 2015, comScore said, compared with a 64% increase on tablets.

Despite the common misconception that the desktop is “dead” and online audiences are rapidly “migrating” to mobile, comScore’s data imply that isn’t the case. In fact, total minutes spent consuming digital media from desktop devices grew 16% during the same period, suggesting mobile is adding to desktop media consumption, not replacing it.

via the World Economic Forum

there will be an estimated 4.9 billion connected devices by the end of the year – an increase of 30% from last year – and expectations are increasing. customers demand personalized, reliable and durable products and services, at the time and in the place they want them. And thanks to the large amount of data being made available by the billions of connected devices out there, it’s easier than ever before for businesses to meet these expectations.

In neighborhoods like this undergoing rapid change, there's a deep gulf between what we can see — someone is trying to build something — and what we know about what's really happening. How big will that apartment be? When is it supposed to be finished? And, because I know you're wondering: What are they planning to do about parking?

This information, which can be gleaned from the magnificent treasure that is government building permits, often publicly exists. But it's never really been democratized. A group of tech companies and pilot cities is trying to do that now in ways that could have some fascinating implications.