Category: Hi-tech News

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THE BUSINESS OF TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE

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CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST, IF NOT THE BIGGEST, ISSUES FACING THE PLANET TODAY. ITS SYMPTOMS ARE NUMEROUS AND CATASTROPHIC, AFFECTING PEOPLE – DISPROPORTIONATELY THOSE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD, ANIMALS, AND ECOSYSTEMS. INCREASINGLY BUSINESSES SEE SUSTAINABILITY AS A COMMERCIAL IMPERATIVE, LINKED TO THEIR FUTURE SUCCESS. HOWEVER, MORE TRULY GREEN-MINDED BUSINESSES ARE NEEDED – BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THEIR GREEN IDEAS RATHER THAN IN SPITE OF THEM.

The idea of Postcode Lottery Green Challenge was sparked from a comment made at the Postcode Lottery World Meeting in the Netherlands in 2006. Former President Bill Clinton spoke about the importance of supporting entrepreneurs who are battling against climate change. This stuck with the team here. Our Postcode Lotteries were already making ordinary people winners while providing much-needed income to charities and good causes in our home countries and around the world, but what about start-ups and entrepreneurs? Could we support these innovators throughout the world and their ideas to make it better? With those questions in mind, the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge was born. Worldwide competition for people with carbon emission-reducing ideas who need the funds and support to get their ideas off the ground.

Now in its 12th year, Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is an international sustainable entrepreneurship competition. There is combined prize money of €1 million for the five best start-ups, of which the winner receives €500,000, to develop their businesses. As chair of the preliminary jury for this year’s challenge, I’ve had the pleasure of gaining an understanding of the 845 environmentally-minded start-ups that applied this year, as well as getting to know the entrepreneurs that have previously been successful.

What is very clear to me is that it is not only about having the most revolutionary idea or finding a gap in the market, it’s about feasibility and scalability. A low-tech application can make just as big a difference and bring about lasting change.

London-based start-up bio-bean has grown rapidly since winning Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, thanks to taking a simple but novel idea and executing it well. Based on its premise that there is no such thing as waste, only resources in the wrong place, bio-bean transforms waste coffee grounds into biofuel and biochemicals. Having won the competition in 2014, it started large-scale operations in 2015 and launched its first product in 2016, when the team also grew to over 40 people and research and development was broadened. This is a company that considers both environmental and financial sustainability as integral components to a business and has seen considerable success because of that.

This year, another British start-up, LettUs Grow, has made it to the final of the global competition, which means it has won at least €100,000 which could be upped to the main prize of €500,000 if it wins. The team at LettUs Grow have designed an efficient irrigation and control technology for indoor farms using soil-free, aeroponic technology where the plant roots are suspended in a nutrient-dense mist. This will improve ‘vertical farming’ in cities; delivering higher crop yields and reducing production costs, as well as meaning we don’t need to follow our taste buds around the globe – it can be grown at the point of consumption. Their plan was to make a product which would allow people to grow their own salad from their kitchen, and it has developed from there.

The other finalists include, The Great Bubble Barrier from the Netherlands, which has created an air bubble curtain to stop plastic from reaching the sea, the American start-up AlgiKnit, which makes fibres from kelp to transform the highly polluting textile industry into a circular economy, Estonian company Reverse Resources, which has developed a software platform for the clothing industry’s recycling process, and also from the Netherlands, AquaBattery, which has developed a sustainable energy storage system.

Ideas such as these are the ones that are really going to change the world. Within our current society, individual actions are important and add up, but we need commercial options that will benefit people as well as the planet if we really want to move forward – it’s an exciting time for business.

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The original article was published on https://www.markemlickprivateequity.com

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8th October 2018
Discover Interesting Features of 2018’s Top 3 Cable TV Providers in the USA

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The cable industry is revolutionizing due to the evolving technological advancements and the sprouting demands of viewers to customize from their favorite show to their payment plan. It has become very tedious for service providers to maintain their reputation. Because of this, numerous digital cable providers have given a smorgasbord of choices to take into account. The internet gets overloaded with information regarding the different TV service providers.

Every one of these seems to commit to practical solutions, but not many of them make it a pleasant experience for the viewer. Several TV providers focus on great arrangements in their service, yet very few of them transform it into a pleasant journey. So, we have come up with the attributes that you should keep in mind before going for any of the mentioned suppliers. There are various digital television alternatives out there and most offer packages with some network access bundle. We’re looking at merely the digital television benefit alternatives as independent elements.

No matter how you see it, digital television suppliers experience the ill effects of poor client benefit surveys. Cable suppliers don’t make it simple to look at alternatives. They all offer a few bundles. However, the costs and channel determination aren’t steady among suppliers. For the convenience of the users, we are putting together a comparison of the top 3 cable TV providers in the USA such as Charter Spectrum, Comcast Xfinity, and Cox Communications.

1: Charter Spectrum

Charter Spectrum is a champion among the most surely understood cable TV providers in the USA. It offers more than 200 HD quality channels across 41 states of the United States. Spectrum Cable Company emerged in 2016 after Charter Communications acquired Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable. Since then, it delivers cutting-edge digital facilities to millions of customers across the USA with ease and efficiency.

It offers a terrific blend of functionality and entertainment with exceptional cable TV, internet, and digital phone services. Charter cable TV provides the best experience of watching popular and premium sports, news, and family channels in HD such as CNN, BBC, HBO, ESPN, HGTV, STARZ, STARZ ENCORE, NFL Network, and a lot more. With the free DVR service, users can pause or record their favorite content and watch it later when they are free. However, if you forget to record your favorite show, you can still watch it with remarkable demand-driven choices. Charter On-Demand selections allow customers to watch thousands of movies and songs in 3D as well as enjoy the latest films and musical concerts.

Users can enjoy more than 170 channels in HD and live stream on the go by downloading Spectrum TV app in their cell phones, laptops, and tablets. One of the exciting features of Charter cable TV is its perfect pairing with the internet. Now, customers can download and watch tons of movies, play games online and enjoy live stream with the ideal coupling of cable TV and Charter internet. Spectrum delivers its cable TV service along with incredible features at highly cost-effective rates of $60 per month without any contract. In fact, in 2018, it secured the highest rank among other cable TV providers and received 63/100 in ACSI and Customer Satisfaction Reviews.

2: Comcast XFINITY

Comcast Xfinity is well-received among the users and provides cable TV facilities in more than thirty-nine states of the US. Unlike other cable TV providers, Xfinity delivers TV solutions without any requirement of bundling it with any other service like internet and phone service. Like Charter Spectrum, it provides outstanding news, sports, and entertainment networks in three exceptional packages like Starter, Preferred, and Premium. Customers can enjoy over 200 finest-quality channels using these packages like TNT, NAT GEO WILD, MGM, ESPNEWS, STARZ ENCORE, HGTV, etc. The price of Starter Package is less than the Charter TV Select; however, it does not provide essential features to the users such as On-Demand choices, Internet coupling, etc. In 2018, Comcast received 60/100 from ACSI and Customer Reviews Report and significantly enhance its trust on the customers.

3: Cox

Cox Communication is quite popular in the USA and provides its services to more than 6 million consumers. It offers its cable internet services in more than eighteen states across the USA. Cox is the only cable TV provider that allows customers to customize their TV using a vast technical library. Moreover, it offers users self-installation service at low rate i.e. $20, while the professional installation requires $75. With Comcast Contour TV package, users get access to more than 140 premium quality networks in HD such as sports, entertainment, educational, family and kids’ networks at $64.99/month.

If you desire to add your favorite channels in the list you can easily do that by paying the additional fee for each channel. Pay per View feature requires customers to pay $11-$16 per month for adding up networks in the preselected base. In 2018, it received 63/100 from ACSI and Customer Review Reports that indicates its significant customer satisfaction.

Final Verdict

In this article, we have evaluated the cable TV services of the nation’s largest cable TV providers. We have taken an in-depth assessment of various factors like pricing, number of channels, accessibility, and customer reviews. After a detailed analysis of these features, we have concluded that Charter Spectrum is currently the best cable TV provider in the USA.
Author of this article is Edward Robinson and the article was originally posted on cupertinotimes.com
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2nd October 2018
MONZO, REVOLUT AND OTHER CHALLENGER BANKS ARE SHAKING UP THE INDUSTRY

Digital technology has transformed the established ways of doing business across industries – and banking is no exception. New start ups are challenging traditional service providers with a more personalised and innovative service. Traditional banks have been slow to adapt but they haven’t – yet – lost too much of their business.

Challenger banks like Starling, Monzo, Revolut, Atom and Tandem are all digital banks without high street branches. They are more flexible, quicker to adapt to user needs, more user friendly and more personal than traditional banks. Their biggest advantage is that they have started fresh with a digital offering and the use of the latest technology available. Traditional banks, meanwhile, are typically slower to respond to market demands and keep up-to-date with technological developments.
In contrast, challenger banks are able to incorporate new products much more quickly and with less friction through their platform business model, which can easily connect customers with new products developed by third parties. This greatly increases customer choice.

For instance, the account opening procedure is a lot easier and quicker with challenger banks, often only involving taking a picture of your ID and a video of yourself. Plus, they offer novel features such as making recommendations based on your transaction data for saving money, making payments to nearby friends via bluetooth, or even blocking gambling transactions from customer accounts.

They can also be better at security and preventing fraudulent behaviour thanks to their more intelligent analytic capabilities. Monzo, for example, recently noticed a data breach of the ticketing platform Ticketmaster and took action to replace all cards that had used Ticketmaster, without waiting to receive customer requests.

The trend of these new providers has been accelerated by recent regulatory changes in the UK (Open banking) and across Europe (PSD2). Taking effect in early 2018, these reforms force banks to share their customers’ data with third parties that can provide financial services if their customers request this. The change aims to boost competition and also challenges the powerful position of the traditional banks in the market by forcing them to share customers with new players.

What most challenger banks have in common is their ability to offer lower fees to their customers due to their lean set up and lower cost structure. Challenger banks (and fintech start ups in general) capitalise on the perception that they are looking after the customers’ best interests, rather than doing what is best or most profitable for themselves (at least not in the short term).

But this benefit to the customer makes it difficult to make profits. This is the norm for most UK challenger banks, as their focus is on accelerated growth and winning over new customers, while trying to work out their business model and how they will turn profits in the long term. Revolut marked itself out as an exception when it reported breaking even in December 2017.

TRUST ISSUES

Part of the issue is that, although challenger banks bring obvious benefits to users, we do not see a large number of customers leaving their traditional banks for these new players. While challenger banks increase their customer base and market presence, the number of customers using these banks as their main bank and having their payroll registered to them is low.

The main reason for this is trust. Trust is of paramount importance when it comes to where customers put their money, and here established banks seem to have the upper hand. The common view is that even though the customers do not trust traditional banks for giving them the best deals, they trust these banks for keeping their money safe.

The system failures that new players might face can also cause hesitation among potential customers and make gaining their trust more difficult. For instance, some app-only banks ran into problems recently due to issues with one of their technology suppliers, resulting in some reduced services. This suggests there’s promise, but also challenges.

The overall picture we see so far in our research into challenger banks is that people stick with their traditional banks for keeping their savings and salaries and prefer making frequent, small payments into their challenger bank accounts to use in their daily lives.

The pessimists say that the challengers will not necessarily win out. Although they are growing their users every day, they will not be able to grow beyond a certain size and will need to be acquired by established players. On the other hand, stats show that millennials are much more willing to switch financial providers in order to get better, more customized services.

Plus, despite the uncertainty around the future of challenger banks, there are hints – including new regulations and tech firms getting into financial services – that show there will be no return to banking as we have known it.

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This article was originally posted on https://www.markemlickprivateequity.com/

28th September 2018
A New Stellar Sky of Blockchain

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A new Stellar appears to Blockchain.

Jed McCaleb, one of the co-founders of crypto startup Ripple holds billions of dollars worth of the company’s digital token. But his continuing sales of the token have dramatically risen over the past few weeks.

According to other media, he sold between 20,000 to 40,000 XRP per day until July, but that amount dramatically increased in August. He allegedly sold 499,312 XRP every day, the maximum amount was 752,076 XRP in one day. At the same period, August this year, the price of XRP fell by 25%.

McCaleb changes the dress

It looks that Jed McCaleb, who left Ripple a few years ago and is now co-founder of a competing outfit called Stellar, could put pressure on the cryptocurrency by increasing sales of the tokens, called XRP.

“I’m not selling more than I have agreed to with Ripple,” he stated to the Journal.

Fact is that McCaleb’s sale of XRP tokens has continued into this month.

He has sold XRP worth $150,000 each day in the last week.

Ripple’s price rose over the weekend because of positive news reports about the launch of a new product that uses XRP. If this new product called xRapid gains draft with banks, it will probably cause an increase in XRP’s liquidity in cryptocurrency markets.

But for now, the world’s third most valuable cryptocurrency token has dropped as much as 40% of its gains. At 19:35 UTC, Ripple was changing hands at $0.45, which is 13.25% less from its price 24 hours ago.

Few words more about Stellar.

Stellar is an open network that allows any currency or asset to be digitally issued, transferred, and exchanged over the internet. Interstellar will make it easy for developers and enterprises to leverage Stellar as a platform to build new financial products and services.

And about Chain Inc., which is a startup working with Nasdaq Inc. and others. They are building a blockchain-based trading platform, merging with another cryptocurrency startups. That efforts to plug the technology behind bitcoin into the traditional markets seem to be harder than expected.

Jed McCaleb, Stellar’s founder, said earlier this month: “Chain’s team has led the market for enterprise adoption of blockchain technology, which is a critical component of building a future where money and digital assets move over open protocols,” and added, “We are thrilled to be joining forces to help organizations build on Stellar.”

Key facts:

Adam Ludwin, who is Chain’s CEO, will be Interstellar’s CEO
Jed McCaleb, who co-founded the Stellar Development Foundation and Lightyear, will be CTO of Interstellar
The Stellar Development Foundation, which develops the Stellar protocol and supports the open source community, remains independent.

What is Stellar?

Much like Ripple, Stellar is also a payment technology that aims to connect financial institutions and reduce the cost and time required for cross-border transfers. Both payment networks used the same protocol initially.
The chain has been acquired by Lightyear, a Stellar-focused company formed last year with the support of the Stellar Development Foundation.

The Chain and Lightyear brands will be retired and the combined company will be re-named to Interstellar. Interstellar will create tools, products, and services to make it easier to use and build on Stellar, especially for enterprises and institutions.

Interstellar’s product portfolio will also include StellarX, a recently announced marketplace for trading assets on Stellar. StellarX is currently in beta and will be launching to the public soon.
More information can be found at https://interstellar.com/.

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26th September 2018
Elkrem Allows the Creation of Blockchain IoT Devices

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What Is Elkrem?

The Elkrem project is bringing together the worlds of IoT devices and cryptocurrencies. These two emerging technologies hold the potential to create a future we might not have dreamed of. IoT stands for the Internet of Things. It proposes the idea that everyday objects like fridges, televisions, and cars (to name a few) are connected to the internet and can communicate smartly with each other.

But this is the material layer, the stuff we can get our hands on. Cryptocurrency is a virtual movement with concepts and solutions we need to wrap our heads around. Where the two merge just might be the sweet spot if we intend to take humanity to the next level of evolution.

The Backstory

After experimenting for hours on their own small projects, founders Amr Saleh and Islam Mustafa set out to empower other hobbyists by building easy-to-use electronics solutions. In 2013, they successfully launched their very first Kickstarter campaign by bringing a new innovative solution into the world of custom electronics.

Amr and Islam aptly named their project 1Sheeld. It’s a solution which allows users to connect a smartphone to their Arduino board instead of having to buy several separate boards known as shields. Since most people are prepared to invest in a decent smartphone, this solution leverages the power we already have in our pockets.

(Side note: Arduino is an open-source platform that allows users to easily connect hardware and software together for various real-world applications. Open access to both the hardware and software is core to its philosophy and has made it an incredibly popular choice for enthusiasts all around the world.) continue reading here

This article written by Ryan Smith was originally posted on CoinCenral.com

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24th September 2018
Blockchain Telecommunications: The New Era of Crypto Phones

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Crypto users could soon be enjoying more hardware choices. Multiple smartphone manufacturers announced plans to integrate blockchain technology into their products in the coming months. Blockchain telecommunications is taking crypto users to the next level with integrated decentralized applications (Dapps) and much more. Get ready for crypto phones.

Blockchain Telecommunications

The telecommunications industry is undergoing the start of a blockchain revolution that has the potential to reshape the market for years to come. Analysts have long predicted the integration of these technologies. One study placed the level of future blockchain investment by telecommunications manufacturers at around $1 billion over the next five years. The majority of these future investment funds target the development of Dapps. Dapps are at the core of this blockchain telecom infusion.

This article by David Hamilton was originally published at CoinCentral.com

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18th September 2018
Facebook Blockchain – The More You Know

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Some time ago we got news from Facebook. They confirmed that they were planning to launch a new team dedicated to the blockchain.

Well, most of us have some knowledge about blockchain but the main question about Facebook is how would they be using it, if we have in mind the recent events related to the use, as we thought, protected data by this social network?

But the main question at Facebook is WHAT IS THE BLOCKCHAIN.

The responsibility to find the answer fell on David Marcus, the Facebook executive who has been running the company’s standalone messaging app, the Messenger.

The task for him and his team is to explore the blockchain technology.

In the beginning, this team will be small.

Besides Marcus, the place in this team will take a few key Instagram executives who are moving over: Instagram’s VP of Engineering, James Everingham, and Instagram’s VP of Product, Kevin Weil.

David Marcus was a president of PayPal which indicate that he has a lot of payment processing expertise and has been in charge of Messenger through a lot of significant changes over the years.

Marcus’s contribution to the development of Messenger is great. In fact, Facebook’s decision to split Messenger out of the core app so that users had to download the standalone app in order to receive messages on mobile happened during Marcus’s first month on the job.

Interesting choice!

But why? Will Facebook make its own David Marcus, VP of Messaging Products at Facebook?

Well, there are several answers and I’ll try to discover some of them.

First of all, the blockchain, which serves as the technical foundation for all cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, is all the rage. Facebook’s decision to pursue blockchain technology will most certainly add some validity to the crypto industry, which has been very chaotic. This doesn’t mean that Facebook will build its own cryptocurrency, but there are many ways that blockchain technology could be used that have nothing to do with cryptocurrencies, including encrypted data storage.

Marcus does have a personal interest in cryptocurrencies, though.

David Marcus, VP of Messaging Products at Facebook

He joined the board of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in December last year. Marcus posted on his Facebook profile some time ago: “After nearly four unbelievably rewarding years leading Messenger, I have decided it was time for me to take on a new challenge. I’m setting up a small group to explore how to best leverage Blockchain across Facebook, starting from scratch.

When I joined Messenger, under 300 million people were using it every month, since then we’ve added well over 1 billion people. We’ve crafted many new experiences from video chat to P2P payments, a capable camera and new features like games. We opened the platform and now over 200,000 developers are creating experiences and over 8 billion messages are sent between people and businesses every month. Looking forward, I’m excited about Messenger’s upcoming redesign I’ve shared an early look at this year’s F8. I think you’re going to love it!

It’s been an honor to lead the amazing Messenger team, their commitment to making Messenger the best it can be is unsurpassed. I will miss them but I know Messenger is in great hands with Stan Chudnovsky and they will continue to create amazing experiences for all the people who depend on it around the world. Messenger is now one of the most important apps in the world, and its future is unbelievably bright. The saying is that the journey is more important than the destination, and what a remarkable journey this was! Onward!’’

Weil, who joined Instagram from Twitter back in early 2016, is one of the new additions to the blockchain team. The other one is Instagram’s VP of Engineering, James Everingham.

It’s no surprise that Facebook wants to test the functionality of new technologies.
This is a good news.

But, could this also be bad news?

I can’t imagine they would launch an ICO considering they already have billions in the bank. Then this might also be a catalyst for other giants to do one, making many coins obsolete.
We will see.

For now, it is evident that Mark Zuckerberg and his team have something big on the mind.

24th June 2018