Bookshlf launches an app to curate and share your favorite digital content
Bookshlf has created a new way for people to recommend media — whether it’s music, videos, articles, podcasts or even tweets — to their friends and to the rest of the world. The New York-based startup is officially launching its web and iOS app this week and announcing that David A. Steinberg, co-founder and CEO…
Cryptocurrency blockchain Bitcoin Price Soars as Jerome Powell Confirms Crypto’s Threat To U.S. Dollar
The price of bitcoin jumped on Tuesday after Jerome Powell stressed that the Fed is investing a significant amount into digital currency developments. Adding fuel to the fire, Powell also acknowledged how quickly crypto could become a systemic risk to the USD. China’s “Belt and Road” initiative is expected to roll out a digital currency…
Resso, Bytedance’s music streaming app, officially launches in India, Tencent-backed Universal Music holds out on licensing deal
TikTok, the hugely popular social media app, found a lot of early traction by giving users a way to create funny lip-synced versions of clips from well-known songs and then share them with friends (its predecessor in the West was even called Musically). Now at long last, TikTok’s owner, China’s ByteDance, is doubling down on…
Cryptocurrency blockchain BitMax.io and Bithumb Korea Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance Product Platform and Accelerate Global Expansion
Singapore / Feb 17, 2020 – BitMax.io, a Singapore-registered digital asset trading platform with a global footprint, and Bithumb Korea, a South Korean-based cryptocurrency exchange, are pleased to announce a strategic global partnership leveraging their respective market presence and expertise. Founded by a group of Wall Street quant trading veterans in 2018, BitMax.io offers a broad…
Lerer Hippeau leads $6M investment in Pinterest-like digital asset manager Air
When it comes to the so-called “consumerization of the enterprise,” a workplace tool that looks an awful lot like Pinterest seems like it would be the trend’s final form. Brooklyn-based Air is building a digital asset manager for communications teams that aren’t satisfied with more general cloud storage options and want something that can show…
Here’s a Timeline of the Debate About How to Pronounce GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, was first developed by computer scientist working at CompuServe back in 1987. And while it has swelled or dipped, the debate over how to pronounce the acronym for those minute looping animations became a thing once the GIF really took off. Is it a hard g like in graphics?…
China turns to online car sales as coronavirus spreads
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Geely is China’s largest privately-owned car maker More automakers are selling cars online in China as worried consumers stay away from showrooms to stop the spread of the coronavirus.Chinese carmaker Geely is the latest to launch a new online service to try to boost sales in the country.It joins…
Cryptocurrency blockchain BiKi’s Ethan Ng Addresses FOMO Over BTC USD10K Breach
13th February, 2020, Singapore – ‘Is the crypto winter over’ has been a common discussion topic amongst cryptocurrency traders over the past couple of years, as the markets have remained generally bearish in sentiment. The weekend’s BTC breach of USD10K, then the flash-crash to USD9.7K on Monday, with the subsequent rally to five figures again,…
Lerer Hippeau leads $6M investment in Pinterest-like digital asset manager Air
When it comes to the so-called “consumerization of the enterprise,” a workplace tool that looks an awful lot like Pinterest seems like it would be the trend’s final form. Brooklyn-based Air is building a digital asset manager for communications teams that aren’t satisfied with more general cloud storage options and want something that can show…