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You can now send CryptoKitties (and other collectibles) with Opera’s cryptocurrency wallet

Sep07
by on September 7, 2018 at 9:28 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Hard Fork


Opera is not wasting any time polishing its built-in cryptocurrency browser wallet. The company is expanding its crypto-wallet beta program with two new functionalities: transaction notifications and the ability to send crypto-collectibles like CryptoKitties directly from your wallet. It is a fairly minor update, but what is significant is that Opera claims it is the first app to offer the ability to send crypto-collectibles directly from your wallet (as opposed to via non-fungible token marketplaces coupled with wallet extensions like MetaMask). “We have changed this and made sending crypto-collectibles as easy as sending money via Venmo,” a statement from Opera read.…

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11 must-visit trade shows and industry events this fall

Sep07
by on September 7, 2018 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Trade shows are the perfect place to see all of the latest and greatest developments to come in the following months. They allow you to meet and greet with other professionals and help you get the business contacts you may need in the near future. To find out what trade shows you should attend in the following months — and why they are so important — I asked a panel of entrepreneurs from YEC the following question: What is one trade show or conference entrepreneurs just can’t miss this fall and why? Their best answers are below: 1. Adobe MAX Several…

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Google’s new site helps travelers find things to do in 20 touristy cities

Sep07
by on September 7, 2018 at 8:33 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google


I love to travel. I frequently extend my work trips to cover more ground in the cities I visit, but I often don’t have much time to plan my activities at each destination. That’s why I’m always on the lookout for tools that can help me discover things to do on these trips – so I’m glad Google’s just launched a beautiful new site to do just that. It’s called Touring Bird, and it’s the latest product from the company’s Area 120 division, which fosters employees’ side projects that they conceptualize during their 20 percent time at the firm. The…

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Social media activism is a threat to Uganda’s President

Sep07
by on September 7, 2018 at 7:06 am
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Social media activism is a threat to Uganda’s Museveni President Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda with authoritarian firmness for the last 32 years. But even his most ardent supporters were shocked by the ferocity with which his security forces recently meted out violence on journalists and supporters of Robert Kyagulanyi, a musician-turned-politician popularly known as Bobi Wine. Wine, an opposition MP, has emerged as a threat to Uganda’s old political order. Against many odds, including systematic state intimidation, in 2017 he won the Kyaddondo East constituency seat at a canter. He got nearly 80 percent of the vote and beating the ruling party and the main…

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