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Angular + Jamstack! (Free Webinar)
5.5.2020
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It’s easy to think that working with Jamstack means working with some specific set of technologies. That’s how it’s traditionally been packaged for us. Think LAMP stack, where Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP are explicit tools and languages. or MEAN...
COVID-19 Tracing Apps Have to Go Viral to Work. That’s a Big Ask
24.4.2020
How do you make it so people actually want to download a contact tracing app?
Portugal Unveils ‘Free Zones’ for Emerging Technologies in Digital Action Plan
24.4.2020
Portugal is taking an ambitious approach to encouraging experimentation with blockchain, AI, 5G and other emerging technologies
Bitcoin Halving Searches Surge – Phrase Touches Google Trends All-Time High
21.4.2020
The notorious bitcoin halving is expected to happen in 20 days either on or around May 12, 2020. The anticipation leading up to the event is at an all-time high, as last week worldwide queries for the phrase “bitcoin halving” using Google peaked with a top score of 100. On Tuesday...
‘Long Bitcoin’ It Ain’t: Crypto Traders Make Sense of Renaissance Filing
21.4.2020
How might Renaissance approach bitcoin as an underlying asset, given the hedge fund’s reputation for using mind-bending math to find profits?
$166B Asset Manager Renaissance Eyes Bitcoin Futures for Flagship Fund
19.4.2020
Renaissance Technologies’ market-crushing Medallion fund is considering jumping into bitcoin futures, recent regulatory filings show
Film Reels and Steel: Github Plans to Archive Bitcoin Code for 1,000 Years
1.4.2020
The Microsoft subsidiary, Github recently revealed the “Archive Program,” an initiative that aims to preserve open source technologies for 1,000 years. The newly launched effort plans to store snapshots of open source technology 250 meters underground on the Norwegian island...
IoT App Nodle Moves From Stellar Blockchain to Polkadot
31.3.2020
IoT platform Nodle announced it is switching from the Stellar blockchain to a custom build on Parity Technologies’ Substrate network
Playing With Particles Using the Web Animations API
18.3.2020
When it comes to motion and animations, there is probably nothing I love more than particles. This is why every time I explore new technologies I always end up creating demos with as many particles as I can.
In this post, we'll make even more particle magic using the Web Animations API to create...
Russia Seeks to Block ‘Darknet’ Technologies, Including Telegram’s Blockchain
11.3.2020
A Russian government agency has requested contractor bids to find ways to block censorship-resistant internet tech, including one blockchain: Telegram's
Figure Technologies Securitizes $150M of Home Equity Loans on Blockchain
11.3.2020
The deal may serve as a showcase for DLT’s benefits to Wall Street at a time when such use cases no longer generate the same buzz as five years ago
Newly-Launched Bitcoin.Com Lottery Unlocks Global Lotteries Through Cryptocurrency Payments
9.3.2020
Following the recent partnership between Bitcoin.com and Bravio Technologies Limited, the Bitcoin.com Lottery platform has officially launched. It lets users play the most popular global lotteries from any location. Tickets can be purchased using either bitcoin cash (BCH) or bitcoin core (BTC)...
Blockchain and Quantum Computing: The Game-changing Technologies
29.2.2020
The similarity between blockchain technology and Quantum computing is their evolutionary nature. Both these innovations are new kids on the block and have been still under the development phase. The applications of blockchain technology and Quantum computing are quite diverse, too, and if applied...
Polkadot to Use Chainlink Oracles for Interoperability Network
25.2.2020
Polkadot will be the first non-ethereum blockchain to integrate Chainlink
China Adopts Security Standards for Blockchain Applications in the Financial Sector
25.2.2020
Keeping the focus on blockchain development, banking authorities in China have issued a set of rules pertaining to the secure application of crypto-related technologies in the financial sphere. The new standards, the first of this kind, are to guide the work of developers and service providers...
Mainstream Moments and the CompuServe of Crypto, Feat. Andreas M. Antonopoulos
16.2.2020
With the price of bitcoin headed up again, the idea of blockchains and digital currencies has never been more palatable to the mainstream. We've seen this cycle before, but could this time be different?
Former Coinbase COO Joins Blockchain-Based Lending Firm Figure
29.1.2020
Asiff Hirji, Coinbase's former president and COO, will take on a new role as president of blockchain-based lending startup Figure Technologies
Apollo GraphQL without JavaScript
29.1.2020
It's cool to see progressive enhancement being done even while using the fanciest of the fancy front-end technologies.
This is a button in a JSX React component that has a click handler applied directly to it that fires a data mutation Ajax request through Apollo GraphQL. That is about the least...
Convergence India 2020 to Witness the ‘Next Level’ of Innovation in Digital Technologies
24.1.2020
• The 28th edition of the expo will be held on February 19 -21, 2020, at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. • There will be a congregation of more than 25,000 trade visitors, 750+ exhibitors from 30 countries, 1,500 delegates, and over 200 speakers in 40 sessions. • Experience state-of-the-art capabilities...
Build a dynamic JAMstack app with GatsbyJS and FaunaDB
23.1.2020
In this article, we explain the difference between single-page apps (SPAs) and static sites, and how we can bring the advantages of both worlds together in a dynamic JAMstack app using GatsbyJS and FaunaDB. We will build an application that pulls in some data from FaunaDB during build time...