You see it in the news all too often during the summer months. “Child left in hot car, and dies from heat stroke,” or some variation of that. I bet in a lot of cases, it’s just a parent with too much on their mind and well, a tragedy happens. One teen thought, how can this issue be solved? It happens every year, there must be something technology can do, right?
The telephone. You see a touch screen device, that you can carry in your pocket that not only is a phone, but a calculator, a way to get on the internet, a text messaging hub, it has games, and probably any other app you can think of. But just go back twenty years, and most of this was just a glimmer in Steve Jobs’ eye.
It’s been an ongoing debate for months, with each side pointing the finger at the other side. The issue? Verizon customers watching Netflix with slow playback speeds. The crux of the issue is that when streaming Netflix using Verizon, the speeds seem to be slower than normal causing buffering and a poor viewing experience.
Back in January of this year, Apple took a very harsh approach to Bitcoin, banning all wallets and any apps that had bitcoin send and receive functions. In the past couple of weeks, Apple has started allowing bitcoin apps back into the App Store, and today, the Blockchain Wallet app has returned to iOS.
There is one man setting out to fight for your privacy and against mass-surveillance. His name is Leo Selvaggio, and he wants you to use his face instead of yours, to keep your privacy.
Wearables + Bitcoin = Magic. It might look silly at first, but the technology and ease of making payments without even having to pull out your wallet is almost here.
It takes two key ingredients. First you need a payment system that is super fast and reliable. Enter in Bitcoin. Then, you need a wearable device. Enter in MEVU. Combined, you have something special and futuristic.
I couldn’t believe it when I read it, but yes, it’s there. In an article published on catholic.org, the Catholic church says that the future of currency, which in the article includes Bitcoin, “calls forth the “Mark of the Beast” as spoken in the Book of Revelations.”
I was quite impressed to see the video shot by technophile Robert Scoble of the new DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus drone. The Phantom 2 Vision Plus is a remote controlled drone that is made specifically for aerial filmmaking, that provides extreme stability, for great quality shots.
With my interest in Bitcoin, and Twitter, I found myself over the past couple of days trying to find the very first tweet about Bitcoin. And I found it, along with some of the very earliest tweets on the digital currency.
Security researchers in London have successfully pulled off a hack for a program called “Snoopy,” that controls a flying drone which finds smartphones in any given area and steals it’s data.
Sean’s Outpost is a homeless outreach program located in Pensacola, Florida. Its mission: to find lasting solutions to homelessness, hunger, poverty, and social injustice. And Sean’s Outpost is able to operate thanks to Bitcoin, and the community that stands behind it.
What are you, a mind reader? It’s a cliche phrase dating back centuries, where mind reading was thought of a magic. Today, the possibility of mind reading isn’t that far fetched. As a matter of fact, it’s possible right now, as scientists work to put the puzzle together in our minds.
According to former Facebook executive and venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya, adding identity to the pseudo-anonymous Bitcoin currency will help legitimize it. In it’s current state, Bitcoin transactions are anonymous to an extent. Bitcoin addresses and transactions don’t carry any identity, and could be kept anonymous by the owner if they wanted. But in the public Bitcoin ledger, the block chain, all transactions can be viewed and analysed by anyone.
Imagine sitting down with a guy named Google, and asking him the same questions you ask in Google Search. “Cream cheese is cheese?” you might ask. Or how about the Internet’s favorite, “How is babby formed?" Well, this is exactly how it would go down. Including the NSA part too, I’m sure.
The Internal Revenue Service just issued a notice saying officially that Bitcoin is a property, and not a currency. Since Bitcoin is now considered a property in the eyes of the United States government, Bitcoin will be treated as a commodity, similar to gold.
