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The Top PropTech Trends Transforming the Real Estate Industry

13/12/202011/04/2020 by TechNews

Technology advancement is an ongoing process. It has become an integral part of all kinds of industries. Technology plays a critical role in bringing transformation in any industry. Real-estate is no exception. Websites and apps have become our new real estate agent. 360degrees virtual site visits have enabled buyers to have a look at the property without even visiting. The list is quite long. Technology has brought numerous changes at every stage of the real estate industry. Prop Tech is … Read more

Why Crypto Gaming Could Be the Future of the Global Gaming Industry

26/04/202121/01/2020 by Guest Author

The first game that reached our TV screens was “Pong” in 1975 that had two paddles and a small pixel ball. Ever since then, the gaming industry has evolved so much that, according to CNBC, gamers all around the globe spent a whopping amount of $138 billion in 2018. The gaming industry can be a vast and lucrative market for those who are looking to become a gaming entrepreneur or developer and push the envelope on what is possible with … Read more

7 Things to Know About Facebook Libra

10/03/202030/08/2019 by Zulfiqar Anees

Two months ago, Facebook announced to launch a digital currency Libra in 2020, and since then; everyone expressed their opinion starting from US President Trump, through businessmen and investors, and even data protection officials in the United States, the European Union, The United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada raised concerns about the privacy risks this currency may pose. Everyone is excited about how this project will evolve in the coming months. And whether Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency will actually make a difference, … Read more

IBM X-Force Red Launches New Service for Blockchain Security Testing

31/12/201921/03/2019 by TechNews

IBM Security’s team of offensive security experts, X-Force Red, today announced the launch of a new blockchain testing service to help identify weaknesses and strengthen security of a wide range of solutions that incorporate the fast-growing technology. Leveraging the extensive security and developer expertise of X-Force Red penetration testers, the service will evaluate both the backend processes used to manage blockchain networks as well as the actual ledger environment. With worldwide spending on blockchain solutions forecasted to reach $9.7 billion by 2021, the … Read more

Microsoft launches blockchain development kit

18/11/2018 by TechNews

No stranger to blockchain projects, Microsoft today released a blockchain development kit on its Azure cloud platform designed to enable seamless integration of blockchain with Microsoft’s and third-party SaaS offerings. “This kit extends the capabilities of our blockchain developer templates and Azure Blockchain Workbench, which incorporates Azure services for key management, off-chain identity and data, monitoring, and messaging APIs into a reference architecture that can be used to rapidly build blockchain-based applications,” Marc Mercuri, principal program managers for Microsoft’s blockchain engineering … Read more

3 Reasons Enterprises Are Moving to Decentralized Blockchain Applications

31/10/2018 by TechNews

At BlockWorld Conference in San Jose last month, I was amazed at the level of enthusiastic interest by large global enterprises to use blockchain for transactional applications. Although the general public may associate blockchain with popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, enterprises are moving to blockchain for its ability to handle trustless transactions and secure record keeping. At the conference, I spoke to one of the BlockWorld speakers, Emmanuel Thiriez, founder of Platform 6, about the movement of enterprises to decentralized blockchain … Read more