The world’s largest diamond mining firm, Russia’s Alrosa, has joined the pilot of fellow industry giant De Beers’ diamond supply blockchain platform “Tracr.” The world’s largest diamond mining firm, Russia’s Alrosa, has joined the pilot of fellow industry giant De Beers’ diamond supply chain blockchain platform “Tracr,” mining industry news outlet Mining Weekly reports Oct. […]
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Marketers can now publish videos to their LinkedIn company pages directly from a Vimeo account via the ‘Publish to Social’ feature. Vimeo’s stat dashboard will also include metrics to show how videos are performing on LinkedIn and other social networks. Why marketers should care Vimeo announced on Monday that it is the first video […]
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) is introducing a new solution for other financial institutions (FIs) in the interbank payment system to automate foreign exchange (FX) conversion. The new solution, AutoFX, aims to make it easier for smaller banks to streamline cross-border payments for their customers by automating foreign exchange conversion before the transaction occurs, […]
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Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC has launched its (long-awaited?) blockchain-based smartphone, Exodus 1, today (October 23). However, at present, it’s only available to pre-order using cryptocurrency. According to CNBC, the handset can be ordered at a current price of 0.15 bitcoins or 4.78 ether tokens, or about $960 (£739), and is expected to ship in December. […]
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The oil and gas industry is one of the most complex when it comes to emerging technology implementation. Yet as complicated as it is, it’s people and processes which will ultimately move the needle, according to Jim Claunch, vice president of business efficiency at Equinor. This is not to say that the tech side can […]
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As the industry decides what connectivity should be used for connected cars, the EU appears to be putting its weight behind WiFi over 5G. The EU hopes the approval of technical specifications for one technology over the other will help bring the industry together. Once there’s more certainty about what standard will be used, […]
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Content marketing platform Skyword and marketing insights platform TrackMaven announced their merger on Tuesday, saying the move will provide B2B and B2C marketers with a greater understanding of how their content is performing compared to competitors. In June, Skyword released the next generation of its platform, called Skyword 360, and last month it broadened into […]
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Supply-side platform Smaato announced Tuesday the addition of machine learning to its Automated Traffic Curation (ATC), a step that it says can “significantly” reduce the traffic overload for Demand Side Platforms (DSPs) and result in better pricing matches for publishers. What this means. For the past year or so, the San Francisco-based firm has […]
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It was a good week for wearables and their future, as the devices continued to show indications of strong promise on the B2C and B2B fronts. A sizzle in its own right – and also possibly a sizzle within a sizzle for payments and commerce players who may stand to see their boats lifted by wearables’ rising […]
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Data from the Commerce Department Friday (October 26) show an initial reading of GDP growth for the third quarter at 3.5 percent annualized, boosted by consumer spending. Though the latest headline number represents a slowdown from the second quarter’s 4.2 percent growth rate, that slowdown had been expected. In addition, the 3.5 percent showing was […]
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