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Albertsons and IBM put romaine lettuce on the blockchain for food safety
Albertsons Cos. LLC and IBM Corp. announced today that they’re looking to improve the safety of sandwiches and salads by piloting a program that will track romaine lettuce with distributed ledger blockchain technology. The blockchain-based IBM Food Trust network will supply the service to Albertsons so it can track bulk heads of romaine, which was ...
ShelterZoom launches Mithra, a blockchain smart contract platform
Blockchain-based real estate purchase and rental deal platform ShelterZoom Corp. today announced a next-generation deal, contract and transaction management platform called Mithra that’s built atop blockchain technology designed to enable smart contract execution. Mithra uses distributed ledger technology, better known as a blockchain, to enable participants to code contracts that legally hold property and money ...
Insolar joins industry standards body Blockchain in Transport Alliance
Insolar Inc., an enterprise-grade distributed ledger blockchain platform producer, today announced it has been accepted into the standards body Blockchain in Transport Alliance, which aims to drive the adoption of the technology in logistics and supply chains for freight and shipping. The Blockchain in Transport Alliance already boasts a number of big companies in the transport industry, ...
Bitfury and Longenesis team up to build medical consent platform for research
The medical industry got a little more interesting today with the launch of a distributed ledger blockchain-based patient consent management platform for researchers from The Bitfury Group and health data company Longenesis. This blockchain solution allows doctors and researchers to do a better job of tracking and managing user consent for individual studies and medical ...
Edgybees launch of the Argus platform bring AR to industrial workers and engineers
Edgybees Ltd., a provider of augmented reality real-time visual intelligence technology, today announced the launch of its Argus platform and developer tools. The platform is designed to allow developers and engineers at industrial sites to implement AR capabilities quickly to help workers increase situational awareness in operational environments such as in the field, work sites and ...
Orbs launches enterprise-ready open-source blockchain network
Hybrid blockchain technology provider Orbs Ltd. today announced the launch of the company’s production-ready environment for its service: an enterprise-grade blockchain developed using all new open-source code. “I began my blockchain journey looking for a network that would actually allow real businesses to create solutions on decentralized networks, but the product simply didn’t exist,” said ...
Hershey joins AdLedger for chocolatey blockchain advertising campaigns
The Hershey Company, popular producer of chocolate bars and treats in America, announced Tuesday the company has joined AdLedger, a blockchain-based advertising consortium to put the technology to use. Media outlet AdWeek reported that this partnership would affect more than just advertising, since Hershey intends to use distributed ledger blockchain technology to increase the efficiency ...
HTC teams up with Qualcomm to optimize future mobile VR devices
HTC Corp.’s Vive division today announced that the company will start using Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s Snapdragon chipset reference for its mobile and standalone virtual reality devices. The partnership will see Qualcomm’s technology integrated into Vive XR all-in-one standalone VR devices and 5G smartphone as part of the Vive Wave platform specification. HTC Vive will create ...
Dragonchain and M2030 partner to eradicate malaria with the blockchain
Dragonchain Inc., a blockchain technology platform incubated at Walt Disney Co., and the humanitarian anti-malaria organization M2030 announced Wednesday a partnership dedicated to fighting malaria in the Asia-Pacific region. M2030 is a Singapore-based humanitarian organization that brings together corporate interests and health organizations under a brand aimed at consumer outreach about eliminating malaria. It connects consumers ...
Scope AR secures $9.7M to bring enterprise-ready augmented reality to workers
Enterprise-class augmented reality supplier Scope AR announced today the company has secured $9.7 million in an early-stage funding led by Romulus Capital. Scope AR delivers augmented reality solutions for businesses, including an entire AR platform that enables technicians and workers to receive remote assistance in the field from experts in offices. By using wearable AR ...