Das Bank-Startup N26 erweitert sein Angebot mit Konsumenten-Krediten. Von der Antragsstellung bis zur Unterzeichnung läuft alles übers Smartphone und soll binnen Minuten abgeschlossen sein.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
Sony hat der Playstation 4 Pro eine neue Beta-Funktion spendiert, die reguläre PS4-Titel mit höheren Taktraten darstellt. Das verbessert die Geschwindigkeit und das Spielgefühl, kann aber in einigen Fällen auch Probleme bereiten. (Playstation 4, The Witcher 3)
Quelle: Golem
Das Convertible ist der kleine Bruder des auf der IFA 2016 präsentierten Yoga Book: Mit elektronischer Halo-Tastatur, aber ohne Stiftbedienung, mit größerem, aber niedriger aufgelöstem Display.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
Am 23. April stimmen die Franzosen in der ersten Runde darüber ab, wer ihr nächstes Staatsoberhaupt werden soll. Um davor die Verbreitung sogenannter "Fake News" einzudämmen, kooperieren mehrere Medien miteinander und mit zwei IT-Riesen.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
A friendly PSA: you can block your slightly racist uncle without unfriending him.
It’s natural to want relief from the constant stream of online news, engagement announcements, baby updates, and the five-year-old memes your dad keeps posting. You may not be ready to unfriend your cousin who keeps sharing fake news (no, Vin Diesel is *not* relocating to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), or your slightly racist uncle But you can, at least, politely and — most importantly, discreetly — remove them (and/or the offending news site) from your news feed.
To be clear: I am not suggesting that you should block everyone who disagrees with you from your news feed. That would only intensify the filter bubble/echo chamber Facebook’s algorithms have already created on your behalf. But, every once in a while, it's nice to take a break. Here are a handful of simple ways to make your feed more manageable.
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You don’t have to deal with the dramz of unfriending them! Click that downward arrow, select Unfollow [Person’s Name], and — BOOM&033; — they outta there. Forever. Until you follow them back. That’s it&033;
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The See First feature is the best way to tell Facebook what you actually want look at in your news feed. It’s also a great way to point the site’s algorithms to high-quality content from friends, public pages, and news organizations you trust.
From a desktop computer, you can mark someone as See First on their page, on the bottom right corner of their cover photo. On mobile, from their profile tap Following and then See First. You can mark a page (like BuzzFeed News’s or Beyoncé’s) by clicking on Following and then See First. You’re limited to 30 people or pages. And, no, they won’t be notified that you’re ~really into~ their posts.
Posts from those people or pages will appear first, before anything else in your News Feed. On desktop, manage these by going to your news feed and on the left column, hover your mouse over the ellipses next to News Feed and click Edit preferences, then Prioritize who to see first.
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On any post, tap the downward arrow, select Hide post. You should then see a small box after the hidden post is collapsed. Next, click See less from [Person’s Name].
Quelle: <a href="Here’s How To Make Your Facebook News Feed Less Miserable“>BuzzFeed
Netflix hat Ärger mit einem sogenannten Patenttroll. In einer Klage wird Netflix vorgeworfen, die eigene Offline-Funktion verstoße gegen ein 17 Jahre altes Patent. Es wird aber wohl kaum zu einem Gerichtsverfahren kommen, der Kläger verfolgt ein anderes Ziel. (Netflix, Streaming)
Quelle: Golem
24667 öffentliche Ladepunkte für Elektroautos registrierte die europäische Informationsplattform EAFO im vergangenen Jahr für Deutschland.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
With blockchain, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa saw an opportunity to make application processes easier for customers and staff by creating a single, cross-business know-your-customer (KYC) platform.
The bank’s numerous divisions had no way of sharing KYC documents. If a customer provided a passport or other identification to open a new life insurance policy with Crédit Mutuel Arkéa’s insurance group, Suravenir, that person would have to provide the same information again to do business with the bank’s consumer credit group, Financo.
A leading bank in France, Crédit Mutuel Arkéa has nearly 9,000 employees, 3.6 million customers and EUR 110 billion in total assets. Its history goes back more than 100 years in Brittany and continues today across Europe. The bank has always taken an entrepreneurial and open approach, looking to adopt new strategies and continually develop its capabilities and services.
It makes sense, then, that the bank would be a pioneer in working with blockchain technology.
Juliette Macret, IBM financial services sector business development director with IBM France, offered this insight:
Crédit Mutuel Arkéa applied IBM Design Thinking and agile development methods to turn a simple idea into a strategic, decentralized platform for collaboration. The availability of IBM Blockchain services and DevOps tools on the IBM Bluemix innovation platform was key to accelerating time-to-value during the development phase. As the foundation of a robust system of trust, blockchain technology can help businesses create frictionless business transactions that improve customer satisfaction and employee efficiency.
The potential of this blockchain solution extends beyond Crédit Mutuel Arkéa’s own operations. It’s possible that the French bank will be able to take advantage of the blockchain as a system of trust that customers could use to deliver proof of identity to third parties, such as utility companies, retailers and service providers.
“Blockchain is a transformative agent in our operational application, as proven by this project, the first of its kind in France,” says Frédéric Laurent, chief operating officer of innovation and operations at Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. “This pilot offers a complete view of customers’ documents across our distributed network. The project helped us to understand and master blockchain for other client uses. Now, we are ready to incorporate this technology in our ecosystem.”
Curious about blockchain and what it can do for your business? Come to InterConnect, March 19-23, Las Vegas, session 1518.
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Wenn Software zum Knacken von Smartphones existiert, dann gelangt diese auch in die Hände Dritter, erklärt der Hacker, der die angeblich von einer Überwachungsfirma stammenden Tools veröffentlicht hat. Ähnlich argumentierte zuletzt auch Apple.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
Der schwedische Bezahldienst Klarna schluckt seinen deutschen Konkurrenten Billpay. Fast 70 Millionen Euro sollen für Klarnas nunmehr dritte Firmenübernahme in Deutschland geflossen sein.
Quelle: Heise Tech News
