https://www.globalcityintelligence.com/blog Analysis, data stories and research about cities — economy, mobility, climate, infrastructure and urban life — from Global City Intelligence. en https://www.globalcityintelligence.com/blog/international-calling-global-business-twinphone https://www.globalcityintelligence.com/blog/international-calling-global-business-twinphone Video and chat did not retire the business phone call. How browser-based international telephony is moving the company phone line out of hardware and into software. Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT economy Petro Hrys https://www.globalcityintelligence.com/blog/how-we-classify-places https://www.globalcityintelligence.com/blog/how-we-classify-places A methodology note on classifying 53,082 places from structured data, the failure modes of name-based classification, and the one direction in which names are still useful. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT research Petro Hrys https://www.globalcityintelligence.com/blog/nature-and-weekend-expansion https://www.globalcityintelligence.com/blog/nature-and-weekend-expansion A platform update on the nature and weekend-escape expansion: what was added, how places were classified, and why thousands of possible pages were deliberately never built. Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT updates Petro Hrys