a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

The Hull City AFC ‘cryptocurrency’ buyout has quietly fallen through

May01
by on May 1, 2019 at 2:41 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Contrary to what reports from last year suggested, English Championship football club Hull City AFC won’t be getting acquired by cryptocurrency crowd funding platform SportyCo. According to sources familiar with the matter, SportyCo’s managing director, Marko Filej, met with the club’s owners and agreed on a price. However, after that price was disclosed to investors supporting SportyCo’s bid, the deal fizzled out to nothing. Sources claim the price was “higher than the real market valuation.” Here’s what happened Last year, reports claimed the Hull City Supporters Trust (HCST) – an organization set up to represent Hull City supporters – and…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Here’s what Facebook announced at its F8 developer keynote

May01
by on May 1, 2019 at 2:28 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


As Facebook continues to weather a string of legal battles and harsh criticism for its never-ending privacy disasters and a generally lackadaisical attitude towards consumer data, the social networking site kicked off its annual F8 annual developer conference at San Jose yesterday. It took to the event to outline a new “privacy-focused vision” for the company. “The future is private,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the crowd of 5,000 developers, creators and entrepreneurs assembled who reacted to the remark with dead silence. As part of that transition, the company plans to merge together its three massive messaging apps — Messenger, Instagram…

This story continues at The Next Web

Or just read more coverage about: Facebook

└ Tags: ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Dutch central bank tested blockchain for 3 years. The results? ‘Not that positive’

May01
by on May 1, 2019 at 2:15 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The Dutch central bank developed and evaluated four distributed ledger technology (DLT) prototypes in three years, but so far blockchain hasn’t lived up to the hype, The Banker reports. In fact, the only use-case it can easily envision is cross-border payments, after it discovered that markets with efficient payment systems that exist (such as Nordic countries and the Netherlands) don’t really benefit from blockchain. The bank said limitations of DLT include inefficiency caused by high energy consumption, lack of full certainty that payments are completed, and capacity shortages. “We started with baby steps, understanding the Bitcoin software and mining in a centralised…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Nura’s new ‘headphone subscription’ isn’t as stupid as it sounds

May01
by on May 1, 2019 at 12:48 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


Get prepared to add another subscription to your credit card bill: headphones. Yep, Nura – the Melbourne-based Australian audio company behind the Nuraphone headphones – has announced its own subscription service, NuraNow. This world-first means the barrier to owning a pair of high-quality headphones is lower than ever. NuraNow means you pay monthly for the headphones and you get a new device from the company every two years. According to a representative from Nura, once the 24 months is over, you own the product. You begin paying off a new set once that period is over. What happens if you want to cancel NuraNow…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: