Forbes' list on "The World's Smartest Cities"

Time for happy-faced towns

Curitiba universityIn the transition for a new year, some cities were given a surprisingly special present: a place on the list of The World's Smartest Cities. As the author of this list says, being smart is not simply a synonym of being green. It requires a three-legged key stool of strong infrastructure, attractive economy and savvy urban planning. Among these ten special god-blessed places, imagine my flabbergasted feeling at breakfast time when I saw my home town at the top... full story


By LUAN GALANI
from Curitiba, BRAZIL


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Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon... Wave, Windows 7, iPhone, Kindle... So many things, new technologies, improved versions... Some of them you shouldn't forget when you think of previous year... full story


By GABRIELA ZAGO
from Porto Alegre, BRAZIL


Forbes' list on "The World's Smartest Cities"
Time for happy-faced towns



Technology Highlights of 2009
Global e-Village