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Be My Eyes app lets you lend your eyes to a blind person in real time

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by on November 14, 2018 at 1:45 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


There are apps that get strangers to deliver your food, apps for strangers to give you advice, and apps that set you up with your next romantic partner. There’s even an app that allows strangers to volunteer their time in a refreshingly selfless way. The app, Be My Eyes, does exactly what it suggests. The free app connects blind and visually-impaired people with sighted volunteers who “lend their eyes” to help with short, simple tasks. Volunteers can sign up to receive notifications to videos calls from visually-impaired people. Once connected through Be My Eyes, volunteers can speak to their callers and see what’s…

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H&M subsidiary Arket is testing blockchain tracking with VeChain

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by on November 14, 2018 at 1:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


H&M in-house brand Arket has confirmed it is testing a new product integration powered by blockchain technology developer VeChain. In an email to Hard Fork, an Arket spokesperson said the clothing store has been running a minor blockchain implementation to trace product data in a secure manner. The H&M subsidiary did not clarify how widely it is testing the solution – or in which locations. “Arket has done a small Proof of Concept (POC) through a pilot testing with VeChain to use blockchain technology to secure product data traceability in the value chain,” the spokesperson told Hard Fork. “The test…

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There are 4 blockchain entrepreneurs in Forbes’ ’30 under 30′

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by on November 14, 2018 at 1:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Forbes has released its annual “30 Under 30” ranking which celebrates the top entrepreneurs, from a whole host of fields, under the age of (you guessed it) 30. That said, there’s over 20 different categories each with 30 under 30’s, so it feels more like 500 under 30. Nevertheless, we’ve sifted through and found a few cryptocurrencers and cryptopreneurs that have made the list. On the list is one of Lightning Labs cofounders, Olaoluwa Osuntokun. Lightning Labs is developing a scalability layer for the Bitcoin protocol, the Lightning Network. Also on the list is Hunter Horsley, the CEO of Bitwise…

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There are 4 blockchain entrepreneurs in Forbes’ ’30 under 30′

Nov14
by on November 14, 2018 at 1:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Forbes has released its annual “30 Under 30” ranking which celebrates the top entrepreneurs, from a whole host of fields, under the age of (you guessed it) 30. That said, there’s over 20 different categories each with 30 under 30’s, so it feels more like 500 under 30. Nevertheless, we’ve sifted through and found a few cryptocurrencers and cryptopreneurs that have made the list. On the list is one of Lightning Labs cofounders, Olaoluwa Osuntokun. Lightning Labs is developing a scalability layer for the Bitcoin protocol, the Lightning Network. Also on the list is Hunter Horsley, the CEO of Bitwise…

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Christie’s auctioneers record record $318M in art sales on blockchain

Nov14
by on November 14, 2018 at 12:58 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Major auction house Christie’s has made history by tracking $317.8 million worth of art auctions via blockchain, as one of the greatest privately owned collections of American Modernist art went under the hammer overnight. In a record-breaking slew of auctions, 42 pieces were sold, with details of the auctions recorded on a permissioned (private) implementation of the Ethereum blockchain managed by software company Artory. A Christie’s press release (spotted by Artlyst) noted the record sales mark the first time an art auction at this price level has been written to a blockchain. Bidders hailing from 23 countries competed to own…

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