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HTC Vive launches program to bring the arts into virtual reality
Smartphone marker and virtual reality headset developer HTC Corp. today announced Vive Arts, a new multimillion-dollar global VR program designed to bring the arts into the living room. The Vive Arts program will help cultural institutions, such as museums, documentary projects, educators and other content developers, fund and develop VR installations designed to be highly ...
BP, Shell plan to swap energy commodities on a blockchain by end of 2018
A consortium of the world’s energy giants is planning to build a blockchain platform to enable them to swap energy commodities. Reuters reported that BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced plans Monday to make a blockchain-based tool for energy trading in 2018. Other members include Norwegian oil company Statoil, trading houses Gunvor, Koch ...
Logitech’s experimental keyboard could complete your virtual reality office
Computer peripheral and accessory maker Logitech International S.A. announced the development of an experimental keyboard on Thursday that works in virtual reality. The Bridge developer’s kit would round out the types of peripherals usable in VR to deliver a more complete office experience. It works with the HTC Vive headset and consists of a Logitech G gaming ...
Korean financial association launches blockchain user identity platform for banks
The Korea Financial Investment Association, also known as Kofia, an industry body that covers financial technology in the country, announced Tuesday the launch of a new blockchain-based commercial security network. The platform, called Chain ID, would allow financial and merchant firms to securely share customer information and identification online. Kofia Chairman Hwang Young-key (pictured) revealed during ...
Firebase overhauls developer user engagement and testing tools with Predictions and Crashlytics
Google LLC today announced a number of updates to its Firebase app platform that overhauls many of the tools offered to developers. The updates include the addition of machine learning with Predictions, crash reporting with Crashlytics and an A/B testing framework using Optimize. The company delivered the announcements and details during its Firebase Dev Summit 2017 conference ...
Business blockchain signatory service Cygnetise raises $1.32M in seed round
U.K.-based Startup Cygnetise Ltd. announced today a seed funding round of $1.32 million led by London-based Calibrate Management Ltd. to push forward is authorized signatory list management services backed up by blockchain technology. Authorized signatories are people enabled by a business to perform particular actions, particularly signing documents such as hours worked, checks, contracts and such. Up-to-date ...
Microsoft beats earnings forecasts, reaching $20 billion cloud revenue run rate
Microsoft Corp. beat earnings expectations in sales for its first fiscal quarter, thanks in no small part to meeting its own self-imposed goal of reaching $20 billion in annual cloud revenue. The software and cloud giant’s shares rose about 4 percent in after-hours trading as a result. Update: In Friday trading, shares were rising more ...
Chain launches cloud-managed blockchain service for business
Enterprise blockchain startup Chain Inc. announced Monday the launch of a cloud-managed distributed ledger service called Sequence for business and financial applications. Sequence provides blockchain technology, a distributed cryptographic ledger that secures transactions privately in an auditable format, as a platform that businesses can access as a service without needing to host the infrastructure themselves. ...
Unity partnership with GameCredits will bring blockchain to mobile games
Game developer tools outfit Unity Technologies SF today announced a partnership with blockchain company GameCredits Inc. to accelerate the adoption of digital assets in the gaming industry. The partnership would potentially bring blockchain assets to 3 billion unique mobile devices running Unity-made games and apps. Founded in 2014, the vision of the GameCredits team is to ...
Mastercard reveals new blockchain payment system for banks and merchants
Global payments and technology company Mastercard Inc. today announced that it will be opening up access to its blockchain technology for banks and merchants through an application programming interface published on Mastercard Developers. The Mastercard blockchain settlement network is based on the same technology that runs the bitcoin network – a global, distributed cryptographic ledger ...