Launched a few days ago, CryptoKitties is essentially like an digital version of Pokemon cards but based on the Ethereum blockchain. And like most viral sensations that catch on in the tech world, it’s blowing up fast. Built by Vancouver and San Francisco-based design studio AxiomZen, […]
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Vodafone announces NBN plans with 4G backup during installation or repairs
Vodafone might be a tad late in joining NBN bandwagon, being the last major Australian telco to announce its NBN service, but the company is doing so in style. Starting today, Vodafone NBN plans are available in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Geelong and Newcastle with some […]
Altrui.st wants to use cryptohacks to provide basic minimum income
Altrui.st wants to give web sites a way to use their visitors’ unused processing power for good. “Poverty is the most pressing issues we face as a species, so we came up with an idea… we are going to give money away,” said Atltrui.st co-developer […]
Stuprò una dottoressa, scarcerato. “Denuncia presentata in ritardo”
Bari, 3 dicembre 2017 – Tre mesi di ritardo e lo stupro diventa, per la legge italiana, una semplice molestia, una modesta ossessione. È la paradossale fotografia scattata dal tribunale del Riesame di Bari: la violenza, subita da una dottoressa nella … by Livio Acerbo […]
WACAO is an assistant that can summarize and translate your WhatsApp chats
If you’re a heavy WhatsApp user, you know how hard it is to keep up with incoming messages – especially if you step away from your phone and group conversations for a few hours. A new assistant called WACAO (aka, Whatsapp Chat Assistant) aims to […]
Pensioni, Di Maio: stop Fornero e minime sopra i 780 euro, novità M5s
Il Movimento 5 stelle di Beppe Grillo, nell'ambito della riforma #Pensioni, rilancia la promessa dell'aumento degli assegni minimi, priorità nel caso di … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit from
Google’s Allo messaging may link to your email account
There’s no guarantee that this reduced phone dependence will be widely available soon, but code like this typically hints that it’s on the horizon. If it does arrive, though, it could make Allo a more elegant experience, particularly if you regularly use it across multiple […]
Former Egyptian premier Ahmed Shafiq meets lawyer in Cairo
Egyptian presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq met with his lawyer at a Cairo hotel on Sunday, the lawyer said. His family had feared him “kidnapped” … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit #travel #tours from
Gym-As-You-Go wants to let you pay per exercise
Wish you didn’t have to pay as much if you rarely went to the gym? Gym-As-You-Go wants to offer pricing based on usage rather than monthly subscriptions. The TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin Hackathon project uses NFC to let you check in at work-out machines. You’re then […]
The first text message was sent 25 years ago
It took a long time for SMS to find widespread adoption, both because of the cellular networks themselves (coverage was far from ubiquitous in 1992) and phones whose buttons revolved around dialing rather than typing. But then the smartphone arrived. In the US alone, the […]