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DreamWorld launches $399 augmented reality glasses that connect to your smartphone
Augmented reality hardware and software startup DreamWorld USA Inc. today announced the launch of the company’s inaugural AR headset the DreamGlass. The headset supports a 90-degree field of view, 2.5K resolution, a mobile device tether and launches with its own Unity-based software development kit. With the DreamGlass, DreamWorld hopes to make AR more accessible to ...
Atlassian releases Access to bring identity management and security to its cloud products
Australian enterprise software company Atlassian Corporation Plc. today announced the general availability of Atlassian Access, an identity administration and security product designed for the company’s cloud products. In November, Atlassian announced the precursor to Access as an early access program that was introduced as Identity Manager. “When we introduced Identity Manager we were trying to solve centralized ...
Everything from WWDC: Apple introduces iOS 12, MacOS Mojave, ARKit 2 and a smarter Siri
Apple Inc. threw a bash today for developers with its Worldwide Apple Developers Conference in San Jose, California, introducing a raft of software updates for iPhones and other devices but almost nothing in the way of surprises. The lineup of announcements includes iOS 12, the next-generation of iOS for mobile; ARKit 2, an augmented reality ...
Binance unveils $1B investment fund for blockchain and cryptocurrency startups
International cryptocurrency exchange Binance Ltd. Thursday announced the formation of a $1 billion fund of funds for investments in blockchain startups through its incubator Binance Labs, and it’s looking for 20 future partners to invest in an ecosystem fund. The $1 billion fund will be used in what Binance called a “Community Influence Fund,” and it ...
Mary Meeker’s big internet trends report is out: smartphones down, AI and China up
Mary Meeker, the venture capitalist with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and famed former Wall Street securities analyst, today revealed her highly anticipated internet trends report for 2018. The presentation slides were showed to the crowd at Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, and contain a lot of interesting analysis of where the world is ...
Identity verification company TheKey looks to blockchain to reduce costs
Beijing-based decentralized distributed ledger blockchain developer TheKey BDMI International Foundation Ltd. announced Monday that the company has produced two test applications based on its system that will provide identity verification services for sensitive industries. The two test applications, designed for check verification and cashing, will be used as a foundation for building out the company’s ...
US Justice Department opens criminal probe into bitcoin price manipulation
The United States Department of Justice opened a criminal probe today looking into the possibility that traders have been manipulating the price of bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, and other cryptographic token currencies. According to a report from Bloomberg, the investigation will proceed in coordination with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a financial regulator ...
BDO USA, Intel and Microsoft join with IntraEdge to develop GDPR-compliant blockchain
BDO USA LLP and IntraEdge Inc. announced today the launch of a distributed ledger blockchain solution called GDPR Edge, designed to be compliant with the imminent General Data Protection Regulation guidelines deadline in the European Union. Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. joined BDO and IntraEdge as partners to provide technology to support the launch of GDPR ...
Virtual reality headphones startup Ossic closes after four years and $3.2M in crowdfunding
Virtual reality 3-D headphones startup Ossic closed its doors Saturday in spite of raising almost $3.2 million from crowdfunding. After four years of working to develop its product, the company announced that it was unable to keep up with production costs and posted an apology statement on its Kickstarter blog and website. The company behind the ...
Atonomi Network beta launch brings blockchain security to the ‘internet of things’
Seattle-based Atonomi LLC, a unit of “internet of things” security provider Centri Technology Inc., today announced the beta launch of a secure blockchain ledger-based protocol designed for governing IoT device registration, activation, validation and reputation. Security and trust are central to communication within IoT networks, which depend on the ability to interconnect with thousands or millions ...
