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Technology giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced Wednesday the release of a new software development kit supporting the creation of blockchain distributed apps, called dApps, for the company’s Galaxy S10 phone series. The blockchain distributed ledger dApp SDK provides a full set …
Form launches waterproof goggles to bring AR to swimmers
Sports technology company Form Athletica Inc. today announced the upcoming launch of waterproof goggles that use a transparent augmented reality display to keep performance metrics in view for swimmers. AR has been tapped as a way to provide heads-up displays and information …
Coinbase-backed blockchain card game ‘Gods Unchained’ launches public beta
Competitive digital collectible card game “Gods Unchained,” developed and published by Fuel Games, today launched its public beta. Using the power of the Ethereum public distributed ledger blockchain, “Gods Unchained” makes it possible for virtual playing cards to be minted, owned and traded …
VisionBanker seeks to change vision care with the blockchain
VisionBanker Pte. Ltd., a startup looking to change vision care through technology, Tuesday announced plans to raise $10 million through a token sale on its own platform to tap into the Asian eye care market. Using facial recognition technology and a blockchain …
Nestlé pilots blockchain to let customers track milk origins and safety
Swiss multinational food and drink company Nestlé SA announced today a pilot project that uses blockchain distributed ledger technology to enable customers to track food from farm to the dinner table. The pilot, designed to bring supply chain transparency to the company, …
Blockchain-based distributed API company dfuse raises $3.5M funding
Dfuse Platform Inc., a provider of blockchain distributed ledger application programming interfaces, announced Wednesday it has raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round led by Multicoin Capital and Intel Corp. As an API provider, dfuse makes it possible for developers to …
Vivo reveals smartphone-tethered AR glasses at MWC Shanghai
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd. announced its first foray into the augmented reality market today at the Shanghai Mobile World Congress with a reveal of the company’s prototype tethered AR glasses. The glasses, called Jovi AR Glass (above), look …
Raspberry Pi 4 launch brings 4K display support and faster CPU for $35
The Raspberry Pi Foundation, maker of a favorite prototype production platform for inventors and “internet of things” developers, announced today the launch of its most recent product: the Raspberry Pi 4 on sale starting at $35. The newest incarnation of the Raspberry …
New Harry Potter AR game from ‘Pokemon Go’ developer launches a day early
A new augmented reality game from “Pokemon Go” developer Niantic Inc. for the Harry Potter universe “Harry Potter: Wizards Unite” became available for download today on iOS and Android in the U.S. and U.K. Earlier this week, Niantic announced via a tweet …
Polish bank Alior uses Ethereum blockchain to authenticate documents
The Warsaw-based financial institution Alior Bank SA Monday announced plans to use the public Ethereum blockchain to authenticate and secure sensitive documents for clients. According to a report in Forbes, the Alior announced that the public blockchain distributed ledger, which is second only …