Why Samsung’s virus scans for smart TVs are a UX disaster

Samsung was lambasted and mocked in the press and on social media yesterday, after the company tweeted a reminder to owners of its smart TVs to periodically run virus scans on their panels – along with a video demonstration of how to go about it.

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Crypto Chart Analyst Peter Brandt: You Should Buy Ripple’s XRP and Litecoin (LTC)

Many people follow cryptocurrency gurus in order to discover the best investments. They all have their hot takes and sometimes they are actually spot on in what is going to happen in the markets. Peter Brandt is often considered a very prominent crypto guru and he spoke on social media this week predicting the future […]

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Naked protestors redress Facebook’s prude nudity policy

Yesterday, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) announced that Facebook will reconsider its nudity guidelines, which currently bans photographic nudity, and more controversially, “female nipples.

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Will Bitcoin Price Finally Reach $10,000 This Week?

Bitcoin price saw a 3% move to $8,833 is bringing the digital asset closer to a retest of the weekly high. Will it happen before this new week starts?  Bitcoin Price Must Overcome This Key Hurdle for $10K Sentiment wise, bitcoin’s path to $10,000 remains strong and each week a number of positive media reports appear to be re-enforcing the bullish consensus for the top digital asset.

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Bitcoin SV Price Keeps Pumping as Calvin Ayre Predicts BSV to Absorb All Other Crypto

As Bitcoin SV price keeps surging, BSV proponents keep making loud statements on the media about the coin’s future dominance that is bound to happen

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India Cryptocurrency Ban Unlikely, Says CEO Of Exiled Zebpay

The CEO of Zebpay, which left India due to banking restrictions, says the rumored cryptocurrency blanket-ban is unlikely to happen. Ajeet Khurana was talking as the company announced the opening of a new headquarters in Melbourne, Australia.

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Facebook Could Land $19 Billion in Additional Revenue According to Barclays, Here’s Why

Social media mogul Facebook could be eyeing as much as $19 billion in additional revenue according to an internet analyst at Barclays. This could happen by 2021, should the company be able to successfully carry out its cryptocurrency project.

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Fake News: Japan’s Largest Bank isn’t Launching a Cryptocurrency

Several crypto media outlets have reported that Japan’s Mizuho, the country’s largest bank, and dozens of others are launching a blockchain product. According to Quartz, however, these reports are false in the extreme: J-Coin has nothing to do with cryptocurrency or even blockchain in general.

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Is It Time to Take an Initiative to Decrease Bitcoin’s Block Size Seriously?

Whilst debate raged throughout the Bitcoin community over whether the block size limit should be increased and how, Luke-jr for years stood out for arguing the exact opposite position.

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Op Ed: Bitcoin Is a Declaration of Our Monetary Independence

Nick Spanos is an early adopter and innovator in the blockchain space. He is best known for launching Bitcoin Center NYC, the world’s first live cryptocurrency exchange, in 2013, right next to the New York Stock Exchange — as immortalized in the Netflix documentary “Banking on Bitcoin.

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Brands pour billions of dollars into Facebook advertising, but the social media giant isn’t going to last forever. So, where will those dollars go in the future? The only viable choice is creativity.

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October in Africa: Egypt stifles tech innovation, Google gets busy

The Egyptian government has had a busy time of late, shutting down taxi app mergers, taxing e-commerce platforms, and enforcing digital media regulation laws. Rumors have been swirling that Uber and regional equivalent Careem might be set to merge in Egypt, but it’s not going to happen.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Weekly Consolidation Hints Toward Sustained Breakout

Another week has passed as bitcoin continues to coil in a tighter and tighter consolidation. Both price and volume continue to consolidate as bitcoin decides where the next major move will be.

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ETF Debate Could Cause A Surge

The United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a few important crypto related decisions to make and is pushing back dates and causing a lot of distress in the blockchain and cryptocurrency communities.

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Ripple ‘Isn’t Really A Blockchain’ – Ethereum Co-Founder Downplays XRP, EOS

ConsenSys found and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin told mainstream media that Ripple “isn’t a Blockchain technology” August 14, confirming it “isn’t a competitor” for Ethereum. Lubin: Ripple ‘Isn’t Really A Blockchain’ Speaking to Bloomberg about the current state of the cryptocurrency market and Ethereum development, Lubin delivered an interesting take on two of the industry’s biggest names.

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Institutions Need To Start ‘Dancing’ With Bitcoin, Says Susquehanna Exec

Financial institutions are “looking on the dancefloor” with Bitcoin, “but nobody’s dancing” – that’s according to Susquehanna head of digital assets Bart Smith told mainstream media August 1.

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Mining Giant Bitmain Offers New Policy to Boost Its Transparency

Chinese mining company Bitmain has announced it is exploring new policies that will boost the company’s transparency and communication with the cryptocurrency community.

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A Note on Metcalfe's Law, Externalities and Ecosystem Splits

Looks like it’s blockchain split season again. For background of various people discussing the topic, and whether such splits are good or bad: Power laws and network effects (arguing the BTC/BCC split may destroy value due to network effect loss): https://medium.

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Is Social Media Feeding Confirmation Bias? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Is social media leading us all into echo chambers? After the last Presidential election there was a wide swath of the population that was taken completely by surprise, mainly because they had only seen news that confirmed their belief that their candidate would win.

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