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Los cofundadores de Boys Club quieren que los criptoescépticos lo vean como una herramienta, ‘no solo como un vehículo para finanzas o inversiones’
Bienvenido de nuevo a Reacción en cadenaun podcast que desglosa y profundiza en las últimas tendencias, dramas y noticias en criptografía con algunos de los nombres más importantes de la industria para desglosar las cosas bloque por bloque para los curiosos de la criptografía. Para esta semana episodio, jaquelyn entrevistó a Deana Burke y Natasha…
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Sequoia Capital recorta fondos de ecosistemas criptográficos en más del 50 % a medida que continúa reduciéndose
A medida que el criptomercado sigue lidiando con precios deprimidos, muchos inversores tradicionales se alejan del sector en busca de lugares más seguros para su capital. La firma Mega VC Sequoia Capital es la última en hacerlo, y la firma redujo dos importantes fondos de riesgo, incluido su fondo criptográfico, en un esfuerzo por reducir…
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Rewind respaldado por a16z lanza una aplicación de iPhone para ayudarlo a recordar todo
Rebobinar, una startup de registro de datos personales respaldada por Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), ha lanzado una aplicación para iPhone que registra de forma privada su actividad en Safari para que pueda hacer preguntas basadas en su historial de navegación web más adelante. Por defecto, la aplicación no registra nada cuando navegas en modo incógnito. El…
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Gordon Ramsay can now swear at your cooking through an Amazon Echo
Amazon’s Alexa ad was the biggest winner of this year’s Super Bowl outside the greater Philadelphia area. The company spilled the beans early, but the spot still managed to drum up the biggest response of the night (outside of some very unfortunate choices from automakers). The silly 90-second commercial centered around some high profile celebrities…
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The Apple Watch can detect diabetes with an 85% accuracy, Cardiogram study says
According to Cardiogram founder Brandon Ballinger’s latest clinical study, the Apple Watch can detect diabetes in those previously diagnosed with the disease with an 85 percent accuracy. The study is part of the larger DeepHeart study with Cardiogram and UCSF. This particular study used data from 14,000 Apple Watch users and was able to detect…
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ESPN’s streaming service will cost $4.99 and launch this spring
In the fall we wrote that ESPN’s new streaming service ESPN Plus would launch in Spring 2018. However details were vague, with pricing unknown and no specific list of what programming would be available. But yesterday on Disney’s earnings call CEO Bob Iger unveiled some more details, including pricing. ESPN Plus will cost $4.99 per…
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Telegram’s new widget lets businesses connect directly with users of its chat app
We know that messaging app Telegram has big plans — beyond a planned $1.2 billion ICO it is also developing its own platform for blockchain-based services — and today it took a notable step towards making its messaging platform more useful as it rolled out a web login widget. The new feature will allow website…
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UK outs plan to bolster gig economy workers rights
The UK government has announced a package of labor market reforms to respond to changes in working patterns including those driven by the rise of gig economy platforms and apps like Uber and Deliveroo. It’s billing the move as an expansion of workers rights — saying “millions” of workers will get new day-one rights, as…
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After years of neglect, Snapchat wins in the developing world
Snapchat doubled its Rest of World revenue this quarter. That’s a surprise, considering CEO Evan Spiegel never seemed to care about anyone but U.S. teens. Snapchat’s Android app was buggy. Its videos loaded too slowly on weak connections. And Spiegel even admitted “Historically we’ve really focused our efforts on markets where [high-end phones and broadband…
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Snap shares skyrocket on first earnings beat with revived user growth
Snapchat is starting to turn things around, boosting its sluggish user growth rate and beating Wall Street’s expectations for the first time with today’s blockbuster Q4 2017 earnings report. It added 8.9 million daily active users, to reach 187 million, with a quarter-over-quarter growth rate of 5.05 percent percent in Q4, compared to 2.9 percent in…
