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Bitcoin Weekly 2015 June 17: Gyft blockchain gift cards, Coinbase Instant Exchange, Kraken dark pool trading, and more
Bitcoin news this week is very much in the business side of things, but Bitcoin users (and consumers in general) will reap many of the benefits of these new projects. Gyft is partnering with Chain.com and using the Open Assets Protocol to put gift cards on the Bitcoin blockchain. Coinbase announced the launch of Instant ...
Nintendo’s new Star Fox Zero means to put the Wii U second screen to use | #E32015
The Wii U has been something of a bastard child for Nintendo Co., Ltd.—it’s an interesting idea, but public expectations and, equally so, market adoption seem to have fallen somewhat flat. As to the novelty of the second-screen in the GamePad that the Wii-U gives to players it’s often treated exactly like that for most ...
Xbox E3 press conference reveals games, Xbox One backwards compatibility with 360
Today’s Microsoft Xbox press conference before the start of E3 contained a huge number of announcements—mostly games—that will most certainly drive Microsoft and the Xbox One console into the holiday season as the year rounds up. First and foremost, the announcement from Microsoft that backwards compatibility is coming to the Microsoft Xbox One should ring ...
MMO lovers’ Steam Summer Sale Guide 2015
If you’re a fan of the massively multiplayer online (MMO) game genre then look no further for a glance at the Steam Summer Sale values available to you. The Steam Summer Sale ends June 22, 2015 so be sure to grab these deals while they’re still hot! Funcom’s The Secret World is a buy-to-play MMO ...
Distributed ecommerce platform OpenBazaar receives $1 million in seed funding
OpenBazaar announced today that the peer-to-peer marketplace powered by an escrow system has received $1 million in seed funding to keep the momentum rolling. This funding round includes funding from Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and angel investor William Mougayar. The OpenBazaar team says that the money will be used “to develop the OpenBazaar protocol ...
Look out bugs: Facebook Infer, bug hunting software, is now open source
Today Facebook, Inc. announced the open source release of Facebook Infer, the company’s static program analyzer used to shake out bugs in mobile code before it’s shipped. A static analyzer is a piece of software used to compliment dynamic testing, which tests correctness on individuals runs, by providing the capability of testing multiple multiple flows ...
Join SiliconANGLE livestream and crowdchat coverage of E3 2015 #E32015
Earlier this month, game livestreaming service Twitch.tv announced that it would allow streamers on its site to co-stream Twitch’s E3 coverage. The staff at SiliconANGLE intends to take advantage of this and bring some exclusive commentary to our readers. Read below for information on how to join in on the live broadcast via Twitch and ...
GoCoin and Ziftr announce merger to increase mainstream cryptocurrency adoption
GoCoin, an international cryptocurrency payments platform, and Ziftr, an ecommerce and credit card processing company, announced a strategic merger today. GoCoin and Ziftr hope to tackle the hybrid-payments space where cryptocurrency, local currency, businesses, and customers come together in e-commerce transactions. GoCoin brags the third world spot for cryptocurrency powered transactions, and is the only ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 June 10: ShapeShift iOS app, Bitcoin mugging, Voxelnauts, T0.com cryptobonds, and more
The news out of the Bitcoin community this week is extremely electric and involves numerous businesses and projects continuing to expand innovate. ShapeShift, Erik Vorhees’s no-registration bitcoin/altcoin exchange, is getting an iOS app. Voxelnauts from Retro Ronin is running a Kickstarter to launch a Minecraft-clone sandbox MMORPG that will link to the NXT blockchain. Kraken ...
Kickstarter: Voxelnauts MMO plans to use NXT-based blockchain virtual property management
Watching the trailer video for Retro Ronin’s VR sandbox Minecraft-like game Voxelnauts engenders memories of the Final Fantasy series (it’s the music.) The game is currently on Kickstarter and has half-way funded its $200,000 goal to deliver a VR-based MMORPG that will allow players to build their own universe. To make things more interesting, the ...