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Seattle-based VREAL Inc. (which stands for “Virtual Reality Entertainment And Livestreaming”) seeks to become the first-of-its-kind virtual reality streaming service the likes of which this world has never seen. The service would be similar to game streaming platform Twitch (Twitch Interactive, Inc.), …
What new features for Skype for Business means for DevOps and developers
Microsoft recently announced a series of improvements to its Skype platform including upcoming “much anticipated” Skype for Business Preview for Mac OS X El Capitan. The preview is rolling out right now and is available on demand to IT Professionals who can …
Bitcoin Weekly 2016 April 27: Bitcoin payments come to Steam, Japan OKs virtual currency, an unlucky someone sent 291 BTC as a fee
In what is the biggest coup for the Bitcoin community in 2016, Valve Corporation’s video game platform Steam started taking Bitcoin payments. Keep reading for more details on how that came about and why this is a big deal. Also in video …
Nokia looks to digital health with Withings acqusition plans
Nokia Corp, global communications company best known for cellphones, recently announced plans to expand the company’s reach into digital health hardware and software with the acquisition of France-based health technology firm Withings S.A. The communications company intends to add Withings and all its resources to …
With the Walabot sensor and API mobile developers can see through walls and more
The Walabot is an amusingly named sensor for mobile projects (including smartphones) developed by Vayyar Imaging Ltd. that can see through walls, detect moving objects and even measure breathing. This week Vayyar announced the release of the Walabot API along with several …
Mother Nature’s smartwatch: The Internet of Things for Earth Day 2016 | #EarthDay2016
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a proposition that is here to stay as more and more everyday objects get networked together as sensors get smaller and more ubiquitous. This progression towards IoT has implications for the environment, for better and for …
Coming soon to Steam: Bitcoin payment support!
In an announcement sent today to publishers on Valve Corporation’s Steam video game delivery platform the company again confirmed that it will soon be accepting Bitcoin. This isn’t the first time that expectations have risen about Steam beginning to accept bitcoins for …
Zengaming raises $2.8M to bring esports pro gamers together
This month Israeli esports startup Zengaming, Inc. announced a funding round that raised $2.8 million for the esports social network. The platform provides a place for gamers looking to make a professional name for themselves in the esports circuits as well as …
Bitcoin Weekly 2016 April 20: The epic story of how ShapeShift was hacked, but the fox recovered
Erik Voorhees the CEO of ShapeShift AG, a unique registration-less cryptocurrency exchange, went to the Internet to provide a full post mortem of the hack that recently shut the service down and lost the company approximately $230,000 USD in bitcoins. It is …
It’s beginning: The first VR virtual desktop app makes its debut
The power of virtual reality is that it allows users to redefine their experience of space and location and with consumer-level VR rigs coming to market—such as the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift—the VR revolution is almost here. With a $15 …