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Vormetric and CloudHesive partner up to encrypt the cloud
Today Vormetric, Inc. announced that CloudHesive LLC joined the Vormetric Cloud Partner Program, which will add several Encryption-as-a-Service (EaaS) solutions to CloudHesive’s cloud management toolset. The new offerings include services that employ Vormetric Transparent Encryption and the Vormetric Cloud Encryption gateway. Vormetric prides itself as a leader in data security solutions through protecting data in ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 May 6: Gavin Andresen and max block size, FinCEN fines Ripple Labs, Wozniak joins Planet Capital board
Ripple Labs found themselves on the wrong side of FinCEN this week and has been subject to a $700,000 fine for failing to keep up with regulations as a money exchanger. Most notably the fine also comes with requirements that Ripple Labs comply better with anti-money laundering regulations, including better tracking of money transfers. ...
Pinshape announces partnership with 3DPrinterOS for 3D print cloud streaming
Pinshape Inc., a 3D printing community and marketplace, announced a strategic partnership with 3DPrinterOS (developed by 3D Control Systems Ltd.), the world’s first operating system for 3D printing to enable cloud-based streaming of 3D print jobs and designs to a wide variety of printers. By using the 3DPrinterOS API, Pinshape designers and customers can quickly ...
Ethereum has come a long way in one year: Protocols, browser, IDE, & more
Ethereum is a decentralized publishing platform that uses blockchain technology to enable user-created programmable contracts. In 2014, SiliconAngle ran an article on the platform asking, “Can Ethereum kill Bitcoin with self-executing contracts?”, of course, the developers of Ethereum did not built it to kill bitcoin, but instead provide a platform for decentralizing applications. “Ethereum does ...
Circle announces $50 million investment, Chinese outreach and new USD account features
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. announced today a $50 million infusion of investment capital co-led by Goldman Sachs and IDG Capital Partners. Alongside this investment, Circle also revealed that IDG Capital Partners, a leading China-based venture capital firm, will assist the service in meeting Chinese market needs and Circle is also adding features that allow customers ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 29: Nepal earthquake relief, Coinbase expands to UK, Bitcoin Core version 0.10.1
Last Saturday, a massive earthquake struck the country of Nepal inflicting untold damage and displacing thousands of people, read on to see how you can assist in relief efforts and what the Bitcoin community is doing. Also in the news, Coinbase is expanding in the UK and adding option for exchanging bitcoins for BGP and ...
Purse.io: Bitcoins for Amazon products outfit plans next move to airline miles
Bitcoin is a born-digital currency, a method for exchanging value without ever leaving a computer or a mobile device. This puts bitcoins into an interesting position when it comes to other currencies, such as gift cards and corporate “rewards points.” Purse.io puts this to the test by providing people the ability to exchange bitcoins for ...
Tesla Motors website, Twitter account and Elon Musk pwned by hacker prank
Over the weekend, Tesla Motors, Inc. had its website hacked and replaced with an odd collage of images in what is common for the cyberspace version of graffiti. Near the same time the hackers also hijacked Tesla’s Twitter account, @TeslaMotors, changed the name to ‘#RIPPRGANG’ and then began tweeting nonsense. To add insult to injury, the ...
HaoBTC seeks to become a Coinbase-like service for China
Beijing-based HaoBTC recently announced the launch of a wallet service for customers worldwide interested in storing and buying bitcoin. HaoBTC has been around since August 2014 and importantly developed a process for rapid transfer of fiat funds to wallet accounts, which allows for processing under ten seconds. HaoBTC CEO Wu Gang says this solves a problem ...
Bitcoin Weekly 2015 April 22: Mt Gox heist went on for years, CryptoMoms first anniversary, Xapo partners with Taringa!
The crash and burn of Mt Gox felt as if it would shake the foundations of the Bitcoin ecosystem–in hindsight, it did, but not in the way that it seemed it would: instead of causing an economic crash, Mt Gox was quickly replaced by rivals. When news of troubles came out of Mt Gox, then ...