SMART CITY FANATIC

 Short answer: NOTHING! I know. Controversial. But: consider that answer in the context of tech. The whole process of technology has in effect shifted, changed, destroyed, dismantled and reinvented the old service vs product paradigm. Think of it, this way: 1: An 'app' is all well and good.   Download it to phone. Use. Cue millions, even billions in revenue for the creators and an easier life for users.  But: HOW to USE it? In effect, the app requires its own training regimes. 'How to' guides etc. Has to be part of the whole package. Equally, chances are, said application, be it mapping, social, whatever, is connected TO service provision.  2:   If I create the ultimate transport aid, to rival City-Mapper et al?   It is yes, prima facie, a kind of 'product'. At the same time, however, I am thereby commenting on, interacting with and growing from a SERVICE. As in, the service of transport or whichever sector my app targets?  3:  Flip that logic for...

ATTACK OF THE DRONES! To quote the baddie in IRON MAN 2: 'Drone Better'. Was he right, or very wrong?  There is no question that it makes sense to try moving toward drone dominance, for a number of reasons: 1: Saving Money?  Drones are probably, prima facie, a less 'taxing' investment that training a person / army of said and still having to provide hardware to match.  2: Preventing lost lives? Seriously. It seems logical to presume to some extent, that robotics in the air = 'safer' than human counterparts. Why risk the lives of pilots in a cockpit, when it is both plausible and efficient, to avoid that needless deployment?  3: Stealth. Presumably, if one wishes to win wars, surprise remains key, right? As in a weapon in war itself. And, by removing or at least, reducing, significantly, any human element in the fight, one  thereby also minimises risk of blowback / leaked intel and so on? Silent -ish drones. Programmed. Honed. Dropped in. With the sole threat ...

 Their Subscriptions are decreasing. Stock/share prices to follow, surely? So WHY and HOW does the streaming phenomenon go from Hero to ZERO? Here's a few points to consider:  They INCREASED their price. At a time whereby the cost of living has gone UP. BIG MISTAKE! Would YOU have spent $16/almost £20 per month on VIDEO rentals? No. Ergo, one is less likely to renew a streaming counterpart which costs same. CONTENT! Yes, Netflix makes films and shows. Great! But you can get through that fairly quickly. And you possibly have most of it either on DVD/Blu Ray or can access key clips via YouTube. Speaking of which: YOUTUBE: It is now entirely feasible to derive daily entertainment from a FREE platform. Every review video etc arguably combs over the content you might otherwise watch, in half the time. Why invest in watching a Netflix product, when one can digest a summary and thereby, the entertainment value, via free counterpart platform? AMAZON! Pay for Prime and you get guaran...

 Clue: Smart-City Tech, and YOUR role in said? Might be key to BOTH Problem AND solution! But let's start with WHY there might be an issue here, to begin with.. RIDDLE ME THIS, BATMAN! If 'Da Covid' /Coof etc is all but abated? As in, yes, some spikes here and there, an occasional rogue variant cropping up and so on, but generally, a thing of the recent past?  IF I have been a good citizen, with minimal health risk; solid credit record/rating and no criminal convictions?  THEN WHY IS IT SO RUDDY TOUGH TO GET TRAVEL INSURANCE??   Well. Where to even begin? I can but try. So here we go! 1: MINOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS are STILL medical conditions!  So, if there is even a 1% chance that you have failed to declare or minimised the potential significance of said? INSTA-FAIL! The insurance providers and counterpart travel carriers may be inclined to treat that as an almost absolute certainty. Because they, too, have liabilities and premiums and duties of care to answ...