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Props Project distributed app platform secures $2M in token sale and moves to Algorand
The blockchain-based distributed app network Props Project today announced the company raised approximately $2 million in token-sale strategic financing led by Union Square Ventures and Borderless Capital. Props also announced that it would move its infrastructure from IBM Corp.’s HyperLedger to Algorand Inc.’s public blockchain network. This move will help support growing volume activity on PropsChain, ...
Talespin announces Leading Through Uncertainty VR training to assist leaders during times of crisis
Talespin LLC, an enterprise training firm that uses virtual reality for teaching, today announced the release of its Leading Through Uncertainty curriculum designed to assist organizations and their leaders in times of crisis and uncertainty. Talespin’s software creates lifelike scenarios using VR and virtual human avatars in an immersive context that help leaders practice key ...
IBM launches Rapid Supplier Connect to fix COVID-19 health supplies shortages
Computer giant IBM Corp. today announced its next step in helping combat COVID-19 using distributed ledger blockchain technology to relieve shortages in medical supply chains. IBM Rapid Supplier Connect uses blockchain technology to ensure trustworthy information and high transparency through medical equipment supply chains that will help government agencies and healthcare organizations identify nontraditional suppliers to ...
Google’s new Android 11 Developer Preview 3 features improved debugging tools
The Android team at Google Inc. today announced the next stage of Android 11’s development cycle with the third developer preview that adds bug fixes, productivity improvements for developers and debugging tools. Today’s release is for developers seeking to create the next generation of apps that will run on Android 11 when the stable build ...
Gatsby launches ‘incremental builds’ to update static websites in under 10 seconds
Static website builder platform Gatsby today announced the capability for static-website owners to complete what the company calls “incremental builds” so they can deploy changes to their websites in less than 10 seconds in many situations. When the World Wide Web started, most websites were static. That means the code for the webpage, usually written entirely in hypertext ...
Confluent lands $250M in late-stage funding, raising its valuation to $4.5 billion
Confluent Inc. announced today it has raised $250 million in a late-stage funding round led by Coatue Management. The Series E round doubles the open-source Apache Kafka startup’s total funding to $456 million and places the company’s estimated valuation at $4.5 billion. The Confluent platform provides a paid distribution of Kafka that extends the core feature set by ...
Ant Financial launches OpenChain blockchain platform for small business developers
Chinese financial technology firm Ant Financial announced Friday that its OpenChain distributed ledger blockchain platform is now open to small business developers to help with the creation of distributed apps. Ant Financial, formerly known as Alipay, is the financial technology arm of Chinese multinational e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and is estimated to be ...
AirAsia launches transparent tracking blockchain network Freightchain for air cargo
AirAsia Group Bhd’s logistics arm Teleport announced Thursday the launch of Freightchain, a digital network for transparently confirming and tracking air cargo based on distributed ledger blockchain technology. Shippers and freight forwarders can now book and confirm any of AirAsia’s 247 aircraft to carry cargo using Freightchain without the need for time-consuming go-betweens, sales and ...
CTERA launches DevOps toolset for global-scale file delivery to enable remote work
CTERA Networks Ltd., a cloud-driven enterprise secure file services platform, today announced the release of DevOps tools designed to allow businesses to deliver files securely across the world to enable easier remote work and support development and operations teams. Starting today, the CTERA Software Development Kit for Python and the CTERA Ansible Collection will enable ...
Bizagi launches CoronaPass COVID-19 antibody testing certification for essential workers
Business process management and automation platform Bizagi announced today the launch of CoronaPass, a digital solution that will offer governments, healthcare organizations and corporations a way for people to demonstrate immunity to the COVID-19 pandemic based on the results of rapidly expanding antibody testing across the globe. As COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, ...