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Digital currency wallet Colu raises $14.5M to encourage buying local
Israeli local-market digital currency and wallet technology company Colu Technologies Ltd. announced today that the company has secured $14.5 million from IDB Development Corp. Colu produces a digital ledger blockchain app that allows local businesses to create their own localized currency through a wallet based on phones and mobile devices. By using a localized digital ...
With Google’s AR Stickers for Pixel, Star Wars stormtroopers will invade your photos
The photographic world of Pixel and Pixel 2 owners just got more interesting now that Google LLC has released its augmented reality stickers. The owners of Pixel phones running the recent release of Android 8.1 Oreo now have access to AR stickers that can be overlaid on reality such as 3-D text, gnomes and now ...
Crytek and Crycash team up to mint gaming cryptocurrency
German video game developer Crytek GmbH announced Thursday that the company has teamed up with Crycash, a blockchain currency startup looking to make digital currency for gamers. With this partnership, the two companies will take advantage of digital cryptocurrency to allow the purchase of games, advertising and customer rewards. The gaming industry is replete with ...
Australian stock exchange to start trading securities on a blockchain
The Australian Securities Exchange Ltd., Australia’s primary stock exchange, announced today that it will soon use blockchain technology to record, clear and settle trades. Today’s announcement follows a successful build of digital ledger blockchain technology by ASX partner Digital Asset Holdings LLC, a blockchain infrastructure developer, for core equity clearing and settlement functions. “After so ...
BitPay to raise $30M for its bitcoin payments platform
Blockchain technology platform and merchant bitcoin payments processor BitPay Inc. announced today it is raising $30 million in new funding. BitPay was an early industry leader in bitcoin merchant payments launched in 2011, allowing brick-and-mortar and online merchants to accept bitcoins as payment. This year, the company approached $2 billion in payments processed for merchants ...
With Drawboard VR users turn any wall or table into an endless canvas
Virtual reality peripheral maker Drawboard emerged from stealth mode Friday to reveal its first product: a VR pen that can turn any surface – a wall or a table – into a virtual whiteboard. As a technology, VR brings virtual spaces to life by allowing people to immerse themselves in computer graphics. The user experience ...
Health Wizz unveils blockchain platform to give patients control of health data
Health Wizz today announced the upcoming launch of its blockchain-based solution designed to address the mounting problem of electronic health records and provide patients more power over their own health information. Heath records are everywhere. They are produced whenever a person goes to the doctor, visits the emergency room or gets admitted to a hospital. Now ...
Vive X accelerator program expands VR market with 26 more startups
The maker of the Vive virtual reality headset HTC Corp. announced today that the company has added 26 new startups to its Vive X accelerator program. Vive X works as a service-oriented strategic investor that offers access to expertise, resources and planning throughout the augmented reality and virtual reality industry. Once on board, HTC Vive ...
Blockchain tax accounting company Libra pulls in $7.8M
Blockchain-based accounting and tax services company Libra Services Inc. announced today that the company raised $7.8 million in Series A funding from an undisclosed investor in Europe. Launched in 2014, Libra provides an enterprise-grade system for accounting and tax services using the distributed ledger technology platform called blockchain. The company’s service is designed to give enterprise users connectivity ...
Explore bitcoin now in virtual reality with Blockchain 3D Explorer
British developer Kevin Small has built a way for bitcoin users to visualize how the network functions using virtual reality with the Blockchain 3D Explorer. Small said that he plans to show off the in-development product at the London Blockchain Summit 2017 Nov. 28. Users curious about the explorer, and who don’t want to wait for ...