By Alex Mardikian With digital signage, you can reach out to potentially thousands of people. You don’t want the communication to be sabotaged in any way. Not just your communication with an audience, a security lapse or hack can place sensitive data at risk and seriously impact not just a brand’s value but also its finances. […]

Weixing Chen, co-founder of the Didi Chuxing ride-hailing company, one of the largest technology startups in the global market, is partnering with Yang Jun, co-founder of Meituan, a Chinese on-demand local services firm, to offer a ride-hailing app supported by blockchain technology. Didi Chuxing is valued at close to $60 billion, and is seeking an IPO at […]

Originally posted on Open Media Reposted with Permission. Blockchain, blockchain, blockchain…the word is almost inescapable in today’s media frenzied world. The technology has the capability to bring enormous changes to the way global business is conducted, but how will it affect outdoor advertising? DOOH and location-based advertising The out of home industry is experiencing somewhat […]

Presently, there is an increased pace in the areas of technological development when compared to the progress achieved over the last couple of decades. This exponential increase springs off the dashboard of the internet and the numerous millennial technologies that are being built on top of it. These emerging developments are leading us to a […]

Digital identity startup Cambridge Blockchain has closed as $7 million Series A round of financing led by Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn’s investment arm. Announced Tuesday, the $7 million financing round also included previous investors Partech and Digital Currency Group, who injected new capital and converted the startup’s outstanding debt in exchange for equity. Partech general partner […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to ensure investors can identify fraudulent initial coin offerings – even if it has to launch its own to do so. The regulator announced Wednesday it has launched a mock ICO called HoweyCoin, presumably named after the Howey Test, which “touts an all too good to be true investment […]

If you regularly follow financial news, you might have heard of bitcoin — the decentralized virtual currency that soared in value beyond $10,000 in November 2017. You might have also heard about the blockchain, the decentralized ledger behind bitcoin and other virtual currencies. The blockchain isn’t just for bitcoin, however. It is also being used in industries ranging from retailers to […]

It’s Blockchain Week in the Big Apple, but if city leaders have their way, New York will become more than just a nice place for the industry to visit. Announced Monday, the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is launching several initiatives to put the city on the map as a blockchain technology hub. Foremost […]

The Kingdom of Bahrain is eyeing the adoption blockchain technology in bid to cut the cost of maintaining the country’s vehicle registration data. Bahrain’s General Directorate of Traffic (GDT) announced on Thursday a new plan to develop a blockchain-based vehicle registration system in the country and is now looking for a technical partner to focus […]

HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May 8, 2018–The Cathay Pacific Group and its rewards programme, Asia Miles, are launching their first application of smart blockchain technology in a marketing campaign, in collaboration with Accenture (NYSE:ACN). This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180508005361/en/ Cathay Pacific Asia Miles app (Photo: Business Wire) The innovative technology is […]