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Blockchain game startup SuperTree nets $2.5M in early-stage funding
South Korea-based distributed ledger blockchain game developer SuperTree Co. Ltd. announced today that it has raised $2.5 million in a Series A investment led by Korea Investment Partners, the country’s largest venture capital firm, and SBI Investment Korea. SuperTree develops games that use blockchains, the underlying technology that makes cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and Ethereum. ...
CircleCI launches DevOps integrations with 20+ partners including AWS, Google
Continuous integration and delivery platform for DevOps teams Circle Internet Services Inc. today announced the release of a suite of configuration integrations, known as orbs, with 20 partners including Amazon Web Services Inc., Google LLC and Salesforce.com Inc., among others. These orbs allow developers to automate the deployment of software builds directly from the continuous integration pipeline. ...
Darabase and Zappar launch AR solution for location-based ads
Darabase Ltd., a platform for managing and making money from augmented reality permission in the physical world, and AR developer tools company Zappar Ltd. today announced a partnership to deliver location-based permission-controlled AR content. The objective of the partnership is to allow an AR advertisement platform that would enable property owners to register rights to AR content ...
In a first for precious-metals industry, Tradewind uses blockchain to trade $7.4M in gold
Financial technology firm Tradewind Markets Inc. announced Tuesday the first-ever trade of high-grade precious metals using its Tradewind Origins distributed ledger blockchain provenance management service. The trade between Agnico Eagle Mines and Bank of Montreal, confirmed by the Royal Canadian Mint, consisted of 5,000 ounces of London Bullion Market Association quality-verified gold, valued at about ...
Kadena completes launch of scalable public blockchain with full smart-contract support
Extending its reach into the distributed ledger blockchain service market, Kadena LLC today announced the full launch of its public blockchain. The Kadena public blockchain will now be fully accessible, including transaction and smart-contract support. Genesis mining, the beginning of the chain when the first block is completed and transactions begin, on Kadena’s hybrid blockchain ...
Tunisian olive oil producer Cho looks to IBM Food Trust blockchain for food transparency
Cho Group, one of the biggest olive oil producers in the southern Mediterranean, and IBM Corp. today announced that Cho will use the IBM Food Trust Network, a distributed ledger blockchain technology, to provide traceability for extra virgin olive oil shipments. Cho, the largest exporter of branded olive oil in Tunisia, will use IBM’s blockchain ...
Mastercard brings card benefits to life with a new augmented reality experience
Credit card giant Mastercard Inc. today unveiled its newest augmented reality experience app that lets its cardholders view, explore and access the benefits they receive from using their credit card. Upon launching the app, card users can scan their card with a mobile device and enter a 360-degree virtual environment. Once activated, a series of ...
Resonai and CJ 4DPLEX join to push the envelope for augmented reality entertainment
Cinema entertainment technology company CJ 4DPLEX announced today a partnership with Resonai Inc., the creators of the Vera platform, which uses artificial intelligence and augmented reality to convert physical spaces into intelligent digital environments. The collaboration between these two companies will be demonstrated using the Vera platform this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in ...
Baidu launches ‘Xuperchain’ blockchain beta for distributed app deployment
Chinese internet company Baidu Inc. announced today the launch of the public beta for its “Xuperchain” open distributed ledger blockchain project. The company announced the public beta during an online press conference, which mentioned that the infrastructure is now live for testing and is generally available as a beta product. Until March, new users can ...
Google restores MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet to Android store after one-week ban
Google LLC has restored MetaMask, an Ethereum cryptoasset wallet, to the Android Google Play Store after a one-week ban that began Dec. 26. The company behind MetaMask tweeted on New Year’s Day that Google had reviewed its position on the Ethereum wallet app and restored its access on the app store. “Happy New Year!” the ...