The holidays are coming and it’s the same thing every year: holidays parties, office parties, family gatherings – and food, food, food. No worries – you’ll lose it in the new year. You’ll start going to the gym again. Go on another diet. Your list of new year’s resolutions practically writes itself. Time for […]
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This NYC BigApps Finalist Pays You to Clean The City
Emrals is a cryptocurrency based game that empowers citizens to clean their city and you can literally clean up in bitcoin, And you know what they say: every litter Bitcoin helps! Founder Sean Auriti tells us how he’s gaming garbage. Tell us about the service. Emrals is a cash reward-based web and mobile system which […]
You Will Not Believe What the 20 NYC Big Apps Finalists Are Building
This has been the biggest, most well received NYC Big Apps competition in history! Over 120 companies competed for just 20 coveted spots across four categories. Read on to find out about the startups that want to make living, working, playing and learning in NYC easier. Winners won’t be announced until September, but for now, […]
You Will Not Believe What These People Said About Bitcoin
A year ago, if you asked the average person his or her opinion of Bitcoin, the truth is, it may well have been the first time he or she had ever heard the term. That was then and this is now. News came out about the Mt. Gox hack and tales of Bitcoin fortunes that […]
The Internet Gets a New Capability – Facts
Adding Facts to the Internet The Internet has developed into an extraordinary repository of information but it has always been hard for the network to store facts. Companies operate services built on facts—a bank balance, a vehicle location, the weather—but the Internet on its own is notoriously untrustworthy. We joke, “I read it on the […]
10 Things You Need to Know About Bitcoin
Names mean something, and unfortunately, the name ‘Bitcoin’ is a bit misleading, since it refers to a few things. (That’s what you get when techies are in charge of naming protocols: they work with zeros and one – you do the math.) Rik Willard is founder and CEO of MintCombine, a think-tank, virtual incubator and […]
Adding a Few Billion Dollars in Cyber Security to the Cryptocurrency Market
Modern commerce needs modern security. The industry has invested a few billion dollars in the technical foundations for hardware-enhanced security in modern computing devices. The non-profit Trusted Computing Group, with over 100 members from around the globe, has been an effective standards body to shepherd this development. Today, over a million devices with hardware security […]
Beyond the Ad-Based Web
In 1989 my father, Peter Sprague, identified that the future called for a commerce model for digital goods. Back then, he was thinking about stock data and Calvin and Hobbes strips delivered to dedicated receivers over radio airwaves. Much has changed since then. The Internet went public a couple of years later, and distribution became […]
You Won’t Believe What These 32 Bitcoin Startups are Doing
With major ecommerce players like Overstock.com and Square on board, Bitcoin’s on its way to becoming a serious payment method, despite its bad press. While there may be some way to go, a booming Bitcoin startup community could further enhance Bitcoin’s appeal to both consumers and business by making Bitcoin and other crypto currency […]
Bitcoin 101
Bitcoin was introduced in 2009, the brainchild of mysterious cryptographer Satoshi Nakamoto. There have been other digital currencies before, but what separates bitcoin is it is the first to show true potential to be more than just an Internet hit. Bitcoins are created, or mined, by solving a complex algorithm. When these coins are transacted, […]
Is 2014 the Year of Bitcoin for Ecommerce?
Whether it’s a rise or crash in trading price, or the growing number of businesses accepting the cryptocurrency, buzz about bitcoin keeps the blogosphere busy. Of course, here at Get Elastic, want to keep an eye on its viability as a payment method online. With Overstock.com (#27 on the Internet Retailer 500 List) recently announcing its intent to […]