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Rolls-Royce expands VR engine maintenance training programs for remote study
British multinational engineering company Rolls-Royce Holdings plc announced Wednesday that it’s expanding its immersive virtual reality training programs for customer training with distance learning for business aircraft engine repairs. This move follows a leap in remote work required because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, which has introduced an increased need to keep workers safe by ...
Emteria raises $1.5M in seed funding to power custom industrial Android devices
Custom Android operating system provider Emteria GmbH today announced the company has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from German High-Tech Gründerfonds and international VC fund Runa Capital. Emteria’s flagship solution, Emteria OS, is a custom Android platform designed for industrial applications where pure Android installations are not suitable. Such devices, for example, industrial machines ...
Blockchain infrastructure startup Blockdaemon nets $5.5M in funding
Blockdaemon Inc., a distributed ledger blockchain infrastructure node management startup, today announced it raised $5.5 million in a strategic funding round. As more companies begin to explore blockchain technology for asset orchestration, supply chain management and other use cases developers and businesses need access to their own customizable infrastructure. Blockdaemon provides a node management platform ...
Fenix blockchain launches music platform to bring fans and indie bands together
Fenix, a startup empowering independent artists and fans with blockchain distributed ledger technology, today announced the launch of its blockchain-based platform intended to give indie musicians a fighting chance. The company also announced the launch of its cryptocurrency, the Fenix token, on sky.io, a wallet and exchange for blockchain assets. Using the platform and its ...
Applause debuts crowdsourced app testing solution for enterprises
Crowdsourced testing solutions company Applause App Quality Inc. today announced the launch of the world’s first Integrated Functional Testing platform that bridges manual and automated testing to help brands accelerate development and improve quality of digital experiences for customers. Applause believes that it’s the first and only testing service to offer this coordinated solution, which ...
Quick Base boosts low-code platform with drag-and-drop integration, workflow automation
Quick Base Inc., a low-code platform for operational agility, today announced the addition of drag-and-drop integration and new workflow automation functions that will allow business users to build and execute workflows connected to third-party apps. These new functions will compliment Quick Base’s existing application programming interface integrations and are designed to allow anyone, even those without ...
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 ...