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Bitcoin Weekly 2016 March 16: Microsoft mistakenly removes Bitcoin payments, Ping21 proof-of-concept, BitPay and Bloq partnership, Blockai $547k seed funding
This week Microsoft silently removed the Bitcoin payment option from the Windows 10 and Windows Mobile stores–but once it was discovered the company quickly noted that it was a “mistake.” The once mysterious company 21 Inc. continues to show its own efforts to revolutionize peer-to-peer markets and the Internet of Things by releasing a proof-of-concept ...
Windows 10 Store Bitcoin payment removal “a mistake,” says Microsoft in statement
Last night, many people noticed that Microsoft had quietly removed the Bitcoin payments option from the Windows 10 and Windows Mobile stores—speculation has gone far and wide as to exactly why that happened. After the news broke, Microsoft quickly went to the press with an official statement saying the whole thing was a mistake. “We ...
Got network problems? This $60 WiFi smartplug will reset your router if it fails
The ResetPlug made by MultiNet seeks to rescue consumers from the need to power cycle their network equipment to fix it with a simple Internet of Things solution that monitors WiFi and then takes action when it goes offline. Ever had your WiFi network suddenly go down and then, after some head scratching and calls to ...
Adobe warns of yet another Flash vulnerability, exploits in the wild
It’s that time of the year again: Adobe Systems Inc. has released a new patch for Flash that fixes a newly discovered vulnerability. Internet users are urged to download and install the patch immediately. The patch notes cite that the “updates address critical vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2016 March 10: Chronicled raises $3.4 million, BitAccess opens to 6,000 Canadian merchants, Bitwage releases API and credit card payments
A great deal of attention is being laid upon blockchain technology this year and numerous companies are beginning take advantage of possible advancements. Vintage sneaker company Chronicled raised $3.4 million in seed funding to use blockchain technology to secure product authenticity. As for Bitcoin employees can more easily get their wages in bitcoin from Bitwage ...
Technology startup highlights from Blockchain Conference SF 2016 | #BlockchainSF
The Blockchain Conference in San Francisco brought out a few interesting technology companies to speak about the next generation of blockchain technology applications. Keep reading to see what the CEO of stealth startup Hellosent thinks about Internet of Things and smart contracts; what CyGuard, Inc.’s founder and CEO says about accountability in advertising and Vechains ...
Estonia partners with Guardtime to secure 1 million health records with blockchain technology
Blockchain-based security and infrastructure company Guardtime AS announced a partnership today with the government of Estonia and the Estonian e-Health Foundation to accelerate the development of blockchain-based technology for security, transparency and auditability. The company hopes to bring its Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI) technology to all levels of Estonian government in cooperation with the Estonian ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2016 March 2: OpenBazaar opens on testnet, Coinbase debit card buys, Bitcoin network DoS, Japanese BTC tax-exemption debate
This week the distributed peer-to-peer marketplace project OpenBazaar opened up on the Bitcoin testnet so that the system can be alpha tested for bugs. Bitcoin wallet company Coinbase, Inc. has begun to offer debit card instant purchase of bitcoins to U.S.-based users. Japan is currently debating how to treat virtual currencies, such as bitcoin, and ...
Rejoice Raspberry Pi users: the new Pi 3 is 64-bit with on-board Wi-Fi
The Raspberry Pi Foundation just announced the release of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, a tiny open source hardware platform for Internet of Things applications, which comes with 802.11n wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.1. The Pi 3 also boasts a powerful 1.2 Ghz 64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 CPU (clocking in at approximately 10x the ...
Blockstack makes DNS more secure by building on top of the blockchain
A new blockchain-based domain name service (DNS) system has been proposed by Blockstack that would use the Bitcoin blockchain in order to register and cryptographically protect domain names with a decentralized ledger. As a decentralized blockchain, Blockstack promises to be more secure than the centralized traditional DNS system, allow private administration of domain names, provide ...