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Blockchain Ventures invests in blockchain gaming asset platform Enjin
Blockchain.com Ventures, the venture capital arm of the blockchain development company Blockchain Luxembourg S.A., today announced an equity investment in the digital ledger blockchain gaming company Enjin. Enjin provides blockchain infrastructure for gaming companies, which enables developers to integrate tradable virtual assets into their games, apps and other software. Oddly, the companies declined to say ...
Sneakers meet the blockchain in New Balance shoe authenticity pilot
Footwear manufacturer New Balance Athletics Inc. announced today the launch of a pilot program to track the authenticity of its newest basketball shoe using a distributed ledger blockchain to provide trust and provenance for every customer. To provide the blockchain, New Balance teamed up with Input Output Hong Kong to develop the “New Balance Realchain.” The distributed ...
From Pixel 4 phone to Pixelbook Go, here’s everything announced at Made by Google today
Google LLC announced a wide array of new and updated devices at its Made by Google event this morning in New York City, including the Pixel Buds, Pixelbook Go, Stadia video game cloud launch, Nest Mini speaker, Nest Wifi and Pixel 4 smartphone. “We think technology can be even more useful when computing is anywhere ...
Major automakers to pilot vehicle identification blockchain in the US
A partnership of five major automotive makers under the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative, an international consortium of companies focused on mobility services, today announced field tests of a digital ledger blockchain-based vehicle identification system that would allow drivers to pay tolls and fees automatically. The project pilot will begin in November in the United States ...
South Korean identity blockchain startup Iconloop raises $8M
Seoul-based Iconloop Inc., a distributed ledger blockchain technology service provider, announced Thursday the company has raised $8 million from seven investors, including Korea Technology Finance Corporation and T.S. Investment. Iconloop intends to use money from the Series A funding to focus on the launch of its decentralized ID service, called “my-ID,” and the expansion of ...
Here’s AI-based driver safety SDK turns any dashcam into a smart camera
Amsterdam-based Here Technologies, a developer of intelligent mapping and location technologies, today announced the release of a software development kit that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to transform any front-facing camera or dashcam into a driver safety tool. Currently in beta, the Here Live Sense SDK uses AI and ML to provide real-time insights ...
NexTech AR partners with Google on immersive 3-D ads
NexTech AR Solutions Corp., an augmented reality publishing solutions company, announced today that it has begun working with Google LLC to launch a series of 3-D advertisements using its immersive display platform for clients. The company will use its proprietary 3-D asset creation technology, previously designed for augmented reality WebAR solutions, to create content for ...
United Arab Emirates announces blockchain land registry plans for Abu Dhabi
The Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities of the United Arab Emirates announced today a partnership with Tech Mahindra Ltd. to build a distributed ledger blockchain technology solution to track land registry records. Tech Mahindra, an information technology firm headquartered in India, will build the blockchain registry for Abu Dhabi’s land development strategy. By using ...
Walmart puts shrimp exports from India on the blockchain for food safety
End-to-end traceability is coming to seafood exports from India with help from a distributed ledger blockchain project announced today by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. The project is intended to bring transparency and efficiency to shrimp shipments from the state of Andhra Pradesh and shipped to select Sam’s Club locations in the United States. Food safety and ethical sourcing ...
Scalable blockchain Skale Network announces $17.1M funding round
Skale Network, the highly scalable, elastic network of distributed ledger blockchains, announced today that parent company Skale Labs Inc. has raised $17.1 million in funding to prepare for the official launch of its service. “[Blockchain] networks need global distribution of ownership in order to provide a strong, secure, decentralized foundation to the network,” said Jack O’Holleran, ...